Dénes Molnár

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ID	5481123
NOMBRE	Dénes Molnár
NOMBRES	Dénes
APELLIDO	Molnár
FIRMA	MOLNAR D
AFILIACIONES	University of Pecs
ORCID	0000-0002-3675-7019
VERIFICADO	Sí
TOTAL DE OBRAS	54
TOTAL DE CITAS	15
TOTAL COMO AUTOR	54
TOTAL COMO EDITOR	0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN	2007
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN	2025
ÍNDICE H	1

Health literacy of pregnant women and its association with methyl-group donor intake and folic acid supplementation
Open AccessIldikó Csölle, Attila Kovács et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025
Pregnant women did not reach adequate HL. Further evaluation of health literacy, MGD intake, is required to formulate suitable nutritional intake for pregnant women in Hungary. It is suggested that providing better information to pregnant women could improve their adherence to folic acid supplementation recommendations
Age and body mass index are associated with dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activation in response to unhealthy food cues
Open AccessFloor van Meer, L N van der Laan et al.ARTICLEAppetite2025Referencias: 66
Unhealthy food cues are omnipresent and promote overconsumption. Although childhood obesity rates are increasing, there is no strict regulation of the marketing of unhealthy foods towards children. This is problematic since the human brain, especially areas important for cognitive control, continues to develop into the 30s. It is not known in how far the brain response to unhealthy food cues varies with body mass index (BMI) and age. To investiga…
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…
Reliability of Parental Recall of Birth Weight, Birth Length and Gestational Age in the Multicenter Cohort Study Idefics
Open AccessAnnika Swenne, Toomas Veidebaum et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2024
In general, parents' information matched well with the medical check-up booklet. However, accuracy varied among different groups which should be taken into consideration when using birth data recalled by parents in studies of child health
Correlates of bitter, sweet, salty and umami taste sensitivity in European children
Open AccessHannah Jilani, Timm Intemann et al.ARTICLEAppetite2022Referencias: 33
Associations Between Psychosocial Well-Being, Stressful Life Events and Emotion-Driven Impulsiveness in European Adolescents
Open AccessStefanie Do, Juul M J Coumans et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2022Referencias: 45
Knowing the extent to which mental well-being and stressful life events during adolescence contribute to personality characteristics related to risk-taking behaviors, such as emotion-driven impulsiveness, is highly relevant for the development of health promotion measures. This study examined whether psychosocial well-being and different stressful life events are associated with emotion-driven impulsiveness. In total, 3,031 adolescents (52% girls…
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…
Breakfast Dietary Pattern Is Inversely Associated with Overweight/Obesity in European Adolescents
Open AccessLeandro Teixeira Cacau, Pilar De Miguel‐Etayo et al.ARTICLEChildren2021
Obesity in children and adolescents is a public health problem and diet can play a major role in this condition. We aimed to identify sex-specific dietary patterns (DP) and to evaluate the association with overweight/obesity in European adolescents. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis with 2327 adolescents aged between 12.5 to 17.5 years from a multicenter study across Europe. The body mass index was categorized in "normal weight" and "overwe…
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 …
Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe – harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents
Open AccessJostein Steene‐Johannessen, Bjørge Herman Hansen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations Between Psychosocial Well-Being and Cardiometabolic Markers in European Children and Adolescents
Barbara F Thumann, Barbara Thumann et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2020
OBJECTIVE: Research examining aspects of positive mental health as potential predictors of cardiometabolic health in young populations is scarce. We investigated the associations between psychosocial well-being and waist circumference (WAIST), blood pressure (BP), the homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance, triglycerides, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol considering life-style factors as mediators. METHODS: Data of European c…
Relationship between perception of emotional home atmosphere and fruit and vegetable consumption in European adolescents
Open AccessHadil A Ghazy Elsayed, Hadil Elsayed et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2020
Objective: Consumption of fruits and vegetables (F&V) among adolescents falls below recommendations in many Western countries. The impact of social and emotional aspects of family life on adolescent dietary behaviour may contribute to this, yet remains under-investigated. The present study examines the association between adolescents’ perceptions of emotional home atmosphere (EHA) and their F&V consumption frequency. Design: An FFQ was used to as…
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…
Measuring nutritional knowledge using Item Response Theory and its validity in European adolescents
Open AccessThanise Sabrina Souza Santos, Cristina Julián et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2019
Objective To analyse the Nutritional Knowledge Test (NKT) using Item Response Theory (ITR) analysis and to assess the construct validity of the Nutritional Knowledge Scale (NKTS) and its associations with adolescent food group consumption and nutritional biomarkers. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Multicentre investigation conducted in ten European cities. Participants Adolescents aged 12·5–17·5 years ( n 3215) who completed over 75 % of th…
Relative validation of the adapted Mediterranean Diet Score for Adolescents by comparison with nutritional biomarkers and nutrient and food intakes
Open AccessRaquel Aparicio-Ugarriza, Raquel Aparicio‐Ugarriza et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2019
Objective: To investigate whether adherence to the adapted Mediterranean Diet Score for Adolescents (MDS_A) and the adapted Mediterranean Diet Quality Index for Adolescents (KIDMED_A) is associated with better food/nutrient intakes and nutritional biomarkers. Design: The Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) study is a cross-sectional study aiming to obtain comparable data on a variety of nutritional and health-related …
Association between variants of neuromedin U gene and taste thresholds and food preferences in European children
Open AccessClaudio Grippi, Wolfgang Ahrens et al.ARTICLEAppetite2019Referencias: 35
Children’s propensity to consume sugar and fat predicts regular alcohol consumption in adolescence
Open AccessKirsten Mehlig, Leonie H Bogl et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2018
Objective The present study investigated the association between sugar and fat intake in childhood in relation to alcohol use in adolescence. We hypothesized that early exposure to diets high in fat and sugar may affect ingestive behaviours later in life, including alcohol use. Design/Setting/Subjects Children from the European IDEFICS/I.Family cohort study were examined at ages 5–9 years and followed up at ages 11–16 years. FFQ were completed by…
Clustering of multiple energy balance related behaviors is associated with body fat composition indicators in adolescents
Open AccessNaiara Ferraz Moreira, Gloria Valeria Da Veiga et al.ARTICLEAppetite2018Referencias: 42
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…
Timing of solid food introduction and association with later childhood overweight and obesity
Open AccessΣτάλω Παπούτσου, Savvas C Savva et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2017
This study investigated associations between timing of solid food introduction and childhood obesity and explored maternal characteristics influencing early feeding practices. Cross-sectional data from children 2-9 years (n = 10,808; 50.5% boys) residing in 8 European countries of the IDEFICS study (2007-2008) were included. Late solid food introduction (≥7 months of age) was associated with an increased prevalence of later childhood overweight/o…
Bidirectional associations between psychosocial well-being and adherence to healthy dietary guidelines in European children
Open AccessIDEFICS consortium, Louise Arvidsson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017
Present findings suggest a bidirectional relation between diet quality and self-esteem. Additionally, higher adherence to healthy dietary guidelines at baseline was associated with fewer emotional and peer problems at follow-up, independent of children's weight status
Dietary sources and sociodemographic and lifestyle factors affecting vitamin D and calcium intakes in European adolescents
Open AccessCristina Julián, Theodora Mouratidou et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2017
Objective To investigate dietary sources of Ca and vitamin D (VitD) intakes, and the associated sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, among European adolescents. Design Linear regression mixed models were used to examine sex-specific associations of Ca and VitD intakes with parental education, family affluence (FAS), physical activity and television (TV) watching while controlling for age, Tanner stage, energy intake and diet quality. Setting T…
Urinary Mineral Concentrations in European Pre-Adolescent Children and Their Association with Calcaneal Bone Quantitative Ultrasound Measurements
Open AccessKaren Van den Bussche, Diana Herrmann et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2016
This study investigates differences and associations between urinary mineral concentrations and calcaneal bone measures assessed by quantitative ultrasonography (QUS) in 4322 children (3.1-11.9 years, 50.6% boys) from seven European countries. Urinary mineral concentrations and calcaneal QUS parameters differed significantly across countries. Clustering revealed a lower stiffness index (SI) in children with low and medium urinary mineral concentr…
Bidirectional associations between psychosocial well-being and body mass index in European children
Open AccessMonica Hunsberger, Susanna Lehtinen‐Jacks et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016
Our findings indicate that the association between overweight and psychosocial well-being may be bidirectional but varies by assessment measures. Future research should further investigate which aspects of psychosocial well-being are most likely to precede overweight and which are more likely to be consequences of overweight

Is there any relationship between obesity and mental flexibility in children
Open AccessRenáta Cserjési, Pedro Martín Gutiérrez et al.ARTICLEAppetite2007Citada por: 15Referencias: 19
Cognitive profiles of 12 schoolboys with obesity were compared with their peers with normal weight. For the cognitive assessment five clinical tasks were selected: digit span memory, Raven's progressive matrices (intelligence), semantic verbal fluency, D2 attention endurance and Wisconsin card sorting test. We found no differences in memory, intelligence and verbal fluency between the two groups. Children with obesity performed worse on D2 and Wi…
Assessing, understanding and modifying nutritional status, eating habits and physical activity in European adolescents
Open AccessLuis Alberto Moreno Aznar, LA Moreno et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2008
Objectives To identify the main knowledge gaps and to propose research lines that will be developed within the European Union-funded ‘Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence’ (HELENA) project, concerning the nutritional status, physical fitness and physical activity of adolescents in Europe. Design Review of the currently existing literature. Results The main gaps identified were: lack of harmonised and comparable data on food int…
Recommended levels and intensities of physical activity to avoid low‐cardiorespiratory fitness in European adolescents
Open AccessDavid Martínez‐Gómez, Jonatan R Ruiz et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2010
This study shows sex- and intensity-specific PA thresholds to discriminate between adolescents with a healthy CRF from those with a less favorable or unhealthy CRF level
Clustering patterns of physical activity, sedentary and dietary behavior among European adolescents
Open AccessCharlene Ottevaere, Inge Huybrechts et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011
In order to develop effective primary prevention strategies, it would be important to consider multiple health indices when identifying high risk groups
EuropeaN Energy balance Research to prevent excessive weight Gain among Youth (Energy) project
Open AccessMaartje M Van Stralen, Saskia J Te Velde et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011
The ENERGY survey is a comprehensive cross-sectional study measuring anthropometrics and biomarkers as well as assessing a range of EBRBs and their potential correlates at the personal, family and school level, among 10-12 year old children in seven European countries. This study will result in a unique dataset, enabling cross country comparisons in overweight, obesity, risk behaviours for these conditions as well as the correlates of engagement …
Self-reported physical activity in European adolescents
Open AccessKatrien De Cocker, Charlene Ottevaere et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011
Objective To describe self-reported physical activity (PA) patterns in the various domains (school, home, transport, leisure time) and intensity categories (walking, moderate PA, vigorous PA) in European adolescents. Furthermore, self-reported PA patterns were evaluated in relation to gender, age category, weight status category and socio-economic status (SES). Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Ten European cities. Subjects In total, 3051 ado…
Nutritional knowledge in European adolescents
Open AccessWolfgang Sichert-Hellert, Wolfgang Sichert‐Hellert et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011
Objective To build up sufficient knowledge of a ‘healthy diet’. Here, we report on the assessment of nutritional knowledge using a uniform method in a large sample of adolescents across Europe. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting The European multicentre HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) study conducted in 2006–2007 in ten cities in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece (one inland and one island city), Hung…
Public attitudes towards taxation and subsidisation as obesity intervention measures
Open AccessStuart G Nicholl, Garrath Williams et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012
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Cardiovascular risk assessment in children
Open AccessÉva Kovács, Éva Erhardt et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012
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Hypertension and obesity amongst students in a group of schools in the area of Monteverde in Rome
Open AccessÉva Kovács, Éva Erhardt et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012
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Determinants of children's sedentary behaviour vary according to maternal weight status
Open AccessStuart G Nicholl, Garrath Williams et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012
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Being Macrosomic at Birth is an Independent Predictor of Overweight in Children
Open AccessSonia Sparano, Wolfgang Ahrens et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2012
Can differences in physical activity by socio-economic status in European adolescents be explained by differences in psychosocial correlates? A mediation analysis within the Helena (Healthy Lifestyle …
Open AccessKatrien De Cocker, Enrique G Artero et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012
Objective Socio-economic status (SES) has been positively associated with physical activity (PA) levels in adolescents. In order to tackle these social inequalities, information is needed about the underlying mechanisms of this association. The present study aimed to investigate the potential mediating role of psychosocial correlates of PA on the relationship between SES and PA in European adolescents. Design Cross-sectional study testing the med…
Breakfast habits among European adolescents and their association with sociodemographic factors
Open AccessLena Hallström, Carine A Vereecken et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012
Objective To describe breakfast habits at food group level in European adolescents and to investigate the associations between these habits and sociodemographic factors. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Secondary schools from nine European cities participating in the HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) Study. Breakfast habits were assessed twice using a computer-based 24 h dietary recall. Adolescents who consumed…
Eating behaviour, insulin resistance and cluster of metabolic risk factors in European adolescents. The Helena Study
Open AccessMaria A Sesé, David Jiménez-Pavón et al.ARTICLEAppetite2012Referencias: 36
Association of objectively measured physical activity with body components in European adolescents
Open AccessDavid Jiménez-Pavón, David Jiménez‐Pavón et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013
The present study suggests that PA, especially vigorous PA, is negatively associated with indices of fat mass and positively associated with markers of muscle mass, after adjusting for several confounders (including indices of fat mass and muscle mass when possible). Future studies should focus not only on the classical relationship between PA and fat mass, but also on PA and muscular components, analyzing the independent role of both with the di…
Daily sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and insulin resistance in European adolescents
Open AccessKaterina Kondaki, Evangelia Grammatikaki et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2013
Objective The present study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the consumption of selected food groups and insulin resistance, with an emphasis on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). Design The present research is a large multicentre European study in adolescents, the HELENA-CSS (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence Cross-Sectional Study). Setting Homeostasis model assessment–insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR) was calculat…
Diet–obesity associations in children
Open AccessClaudia Börnhorst, Inge Huybrechts et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2013
Objective Measurement errors in dietary data lead to attenuated estimates of associations between dietary exposures and health outcomes. The present study aimed to compare and evaluate different approaches of handling implausible reports by exemplary analysis of the association between dietary intakes (total energy, soft drinks, fruits/vegetables) and overweight/obesity in children. Design Cross-sectional multicentre study. Setting Kindergartens/…
Infant feeding practices and prevalence of obesity in eight European countries – the Idefics study
Open AccessMonica Hunsberger, Anne Lanfer et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2013
Objective To assess the association between exclusive breast-feeding and childhood overweight. Design Cross-sectional data are from the baseline survey of the longitudinal cohort study IDEFICS. Exclusive rather than partial breast-feeding is the focus of the study due to the theoretical relationship between exclusive breast-feeding and development of dietary self-regulation. Children's measured heights and weights were used to calculate weight st…
The relationship between neonatal developmental status and post-natal nutritional status in Hungarian children
Open AccessKálmán Joubert, Dénes Molnár et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2013
Neonatal development influenced strongly the post-natal nutritional status of children. The results indicate that not only age at adiposity rebound but also neonatal developmental status can be used as an indicator of later obesity
Family structure and childhood obesity
Open AccessAnnarita Formisano, Monica Hunsberger et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2014
Objective To analyse the association between family structure and adiposity in children. Design Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of dietary- and lifestyle-induced health effects in children and infants) study cohort. Setting Primary schools and kindergartens. Subjects Children ( n 12 350; aged 7·9 ( sd 1·8) years) for the cross-sectional analysis and children ( n 5236; at baseline: normal wei…
Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in European children
Open AccessAlba M Santaliestra-Pasías, Theodora Mouratidou et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2014
Objective To estimate the prevalence of physical activity and sedentary behaviours in European children, and to evaluate the relationship between media availability in personal space and physical activity in relation to total screen time. Design Data from the baseline IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of dietary- and lifestyle-induced health effects in children and infants) cross-sectional survey. Information on hours of television/digital v…
Association of breakfast consumption with objectively measured and self-reported physical activity, sedentary time and physical fitness in European adolescents
Open AccessMagdalena Cuenca-García, Magdalena Cuenca‐García et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2014
Objective To examine the association of breakfast consumption with objectively measured and self-reported physical activity, sedentary time and physical fitness. Design The HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) Cross-Sectional Study. Breakfast consumption was assessed by two non-consecutive 24 h recalls and by a ‘Food Choices and Preferences’ questionnaire. Physical activity, sedentary time and physical fitness componen…
Relative validity of the Children's Eating Habits Questionnaire–food frequency section among young European children
Open AccessSilvia Bel-Serrat, Theodora Mouratidou et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2014
Objective To compare, specifically by age group, proxy-reported food group estimates obtained from the food frequency section of the Children's Eating Habits questionnaire (CEHQ-FFQ) against the estimates of two non-consecutive 24 h dietary recalls (24-HDR). Design Estimates of food group intakes assessed via the forty-three-food-group CEHQ-FFQ were compared with those obtained by a computerized 24-HDR. Agreement on frequencies of intakes (equal …
Phenotypical characteristics of diabetes mellitus in Hungarian children
Open AccessPeter Horvath, Éva Erhardt et al.ARTICLEAppetite2014