Antonia Trichopoulou

Datos Biográficos

ID3449262
NOMBREAntonia Trichopoulou
NOMBRESAntonia
APELLIDOTrichopoulou
FIRMATRICHOPOULOU A
AFILIACIONESNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
ORCID0000-0002-7204-6396
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS44
TOTAL DE CITAS46
TOTAL COMO AUTOR44
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1995
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
ÍNDICE H2

  • Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022

    Open AccessNowell H Phelps, Rosie Singleton et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2024

    BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019

    Open AccessBin Zhou, Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2021

    BACKGROUND: Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress in its detection, treatment, and control from 1990 to 2019 for 200 countries and territories. METHODS: We used data from 1990 to 2019 on people aged 30-79 years from population-representative studies with measurement of blood pressure and data on blo…

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories

    Open AccessAndrea Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea Rodriguez‐Martinez et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2020

    BACKGROUND: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. METHODS: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease …

  • Updating the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid towards Sustainability

    Open AccessLluis Serra-Majem, Laura Tomaino et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    The new environmental dimension of the MDP enhances food intake recommendations addressing both health and environmental issues. Compared to the previous 2011 version, it emphasizes more strongly a lower consumption of red meat and bovine dairy products, and a higher consumption of legumes and locally grown eco-friendly plant foods as much as possible

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Open AccessNCD Risk Factor Collaboration, Honor Bixby et al.ARTICLENature2019

    Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities 1,2 . This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most important drivers of the global rise in obesity 3–6 . Here we use 2,009 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in more than 112 million adults, to report national, regional and global trends in mean B…

  • Timing of eating across ten European countries – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (Epic) calibration study

    Open AccessEna Huseinovic, Anna Winkvist et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2019

    Objective To examine timing of eating across ten European countries. Design Cross-sectional analysis of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) calibration study using standardized 24 h diet recalls collected during 1995–2000. Eleven predefined food consumption occasions were assessed during the recall interview. We present time of consumption of meals and snacks as well as the later:earlier energy intake ratio, wi…

  • Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption

    Open AccessAngela M Wood, Stephen Kaptoge et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2018

    BACKGROUND: Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, we studied individual-participant data from 599 912 current drinkers without previous cardiovascular disease. METHODS: We did a combined analysis of individual-participant data from three large-scale data sources in 19 high-inco…

  • Evaluation of food photographs assessing the dietary intake of children up to 10 years old

    Open AccessElisavet Valanou, Androniki Naska et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2018

    Objective Young children lack basic skills related to recognizing the types of foods they consume and dietary surveys often rely on parents’ response. The present study aimed to evaluate how well parents of children aged from 3 months to 10 years perceive images of portions of foods commonly consumed by young children. Design Pre-weighed, actual food portions ( n 2314) were shown to the study participants who were asked to indicate the picture th…

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015

    Open AccessBin Zhou, James Bentham et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2017

    BACKGROUND: Raised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure, and the prevalence of, and number of people with, raised blood pressure, defined as systolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or higher or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg or higher. METHODS: For this analysis, we pooled national, subnational, or comm…

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016

    Open AccessLeandra Abarca-Gómez, Ziad Abdeen et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2017

    BACKGROUND: Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight to obesity in children and adolescents, and to compare trends with those of adults. METHODS: We pooled 2416 population-based studies with measurements of height…

  • Med Diet 4.0

    Open AccessDernini, S Dernini et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2017

    Objective To characterize the multiple dimensions and benefits of the Mediterranean diet as a sustainable diet, in order to revitalize this intangible food heritage at the country level; and to develop a multidimensional framework – the Med Diet 4.0 – in which four sustainability benefits of the Mediterranean diet are presented in parallel: major health and nutrition benefits, low environmental impacts and richness in biodiversity, high sociocult…

  • A treelet transform analysis to relate nutrient patterns to the risk of hormonal receptor-defined breast cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (Epic)

    Open AccessNada Assi, Aurelie Moskal et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2016

    Objective Pattern analysis has emerged as a tool to depict the role of multiple nutrients/foods in relation to health outcomes. The present study aimed at extracting nutrient patterns with respect to breast cancer (BC) aetiology. Design Nutrient patterns were derived with treelet transform (TT) and related to BC risk. TT was applied to twenty-three log-transformed nutrient densities from dietary questionnaires. Hazard ratios (HR) and 95 % confide…

  • Evaluation of a digital food photography atlas used as portion size measurement aid in dietary surveys in Greece

    Open AccessAndroniki Naska, Elisavet Valanou et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2016

    Objective To evaluate how well respondents perceive digital images of food portions commonly consumed in Greece. Design The picture series was defined on the basis of usual dietary intakes assessed in earlier large-scale studies in Greece. The evaluation included 2218 pre-weighed actual portions shown to participants, who were subsequently asked to link each portion to a food picture. Mean differences between picture numbers selected and portions…

  • Meal patterns across ten European countries – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (Epic) calibration study

    Open AccessEna Huseinovic, Anna Winkvist et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2016

    Objective To characterize meal patterns across ten European countries participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) calibration study. Design Cross-sectional study utilizing dietary data collected through a standardized 24 h diet recall during 1995–2000. Eleven predefined intake occasions across a 24 h period were assessed during the interview. In the present descriptive report, meal patterns were analys…

  • Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality

    Open AccessRob Beelen, Ole Raaschou‐Nielsen et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2014

  • Consumption of predefined ‘Nordic’ dietary items in ten European countries – an investigation in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (Epic) cohort

    Open AccessNina Roswall, Anja Olsen et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2014

    Objective Health-beneficial effects of adhering to a healthy Nordic diet index have been suggested. However, it has not been examined to what extent the included dietary components are exclusively related to the Nordic countries or if they are part of other European diets as well, suggesting a broader preventive potential. The present study describes the intake of seven a priori defined healthy food items (apples/pears, berries, cabbages, dark br…

  • Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts

    Open AccessOle Raaschou‐Nielsen, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Oncology2013

  • Diversity v . globalization

    Open AccessAntonia TrichopoulouARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

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  • The association of education with body mass index and waist circumference in the Epic-Panacea study

    Open AccessSilke Hermann, Sabine Rohrmann et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    In this European cohort, there is an inverse association between higher BMI as well as higher WC and lower education level. Public Health Programs that aim to reduce overweight and obesity should primarily focus on the lower educated population

  • Essential actions for caterers to promote healthy eating out among European consumers

    Open AccessCarl Lachat, Androniki Naska et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011

    Objective To identify and assess actions by which the catering sector could be engaged in strategies for healthier eating out in Europe. Design A SWOT analysis was used to assess the participation of the catering sector in actions for healthier eating out. Caterers subsequently shortlisted essential actions to overcome threats and weaknesses the sector may face when engaging in implementing these actions. Setting Analysis undertaken in the Europe…

  • Mediterranean diet pyramid today. Science and cultural updates

    Open AccessAnna Bach-Faig, Elliot M Berry et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011Citada por: 43Referencias: 1

    Objective To present the Mediterranean diet (MD) pyramid: a lifestyle for today. Design A new graphic representation has been conceived as a simplified main frame to be adapted to the different nutritional and socio-economic contexts of the Mediterranean region. This review gathers updated recommendations considering the lifestyle, dietary, sociocultural, environmental and health challenges that the current Mediterranean populations are facing. S…

  • Soft drinks

    Open AccessAndroniki Naska, Vassiliki Bountziouka et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2010

    Objective To evaluate time trends in the availability of soft drinks, to identify food choices associated with their consumption and to assess the relationship between socio-economic status and daily soft drink availability in a wide range of European countries. Design Data on food and beverage availability collected through the national household budget surveys and harmonized in the DAFNE (Data Food Networking) project were used. Averages and va…

  • A cross-sectional analysis of the associations between adult height, BMI and serum concentrations of IGF-I and IGFBP-1 -2 and -3 in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (Ep…

    Open AccessFrancesca L Crowe, Timothy J Key et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2010

    Height and BMI are associated with IGF-I and its binding proteins, which may be mechanisms through which body size contributes to increased risk of several cancers

  • Food patterns and Mediterranean diet in western and eastern Mediterranean islands

    Open AccessDora Romaguera, Christina Bamia et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2009

    Objective To assess current Mediterranean dietary patterns (MDP) in the western and eastern Mediterranean, i.e. in Balearic islanders (BI) and Greek islanders (GI). Subjects and methods Dietary patterns were assessed using FFQ on a representative sample ( n 1200) of the BI and GI ( n 1324) adult population. A Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS) was calculated according to the consumption of nine MDP components: (i) with a beneficial effect on health, …

  • General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe

    Tobias Pischon, Heiner Boeing et al.ARTICLENew England Journal of Medicine2008

    BACKGROUND: Previous studies have relied predominantly on the body-mass index (BMI, the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) to assess the association of adiposity with the risk of death, but few have examined whether the distribution of body fat contributes to the prediction of death. METHODS: We examined the association of BMI, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio with the risk of death among 359,387 partici…