Stefaan De Henauw
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 5488332 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Stefaan De Henauw |
| NOMBRES | Stefaan |
| APELLIDO | De Henauw |
| FIRMA | DE HENAUW S |
| AFILIACIONES | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4141-5432 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 90 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 92 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 90 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1994 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Effects of Video‐Based Health Education on Birth Outcomes and Anaemia Status of Mothers in Dirashe District South Ethiopia
Undernutrition and infections during pregnancy result in low birth weight (LBW) and maternal anaemia. Social behaviour change communication (SBCC) can promote recommended health practices, potentially improving maternal and neonatal outcomes. This cluster-randomized controlled trial assessed the effects of video-based health education on adherence to iron-folic acid (IFA) supplementation, pregnancy outcomes, and anaemia status among pregnant wome…
Key Stakeholders' Perspectives on Acute Malnutrition Management Programs for Children Under Five in Bangladesh
Acute malnutrition (AM) in children under five is a significant global health concern. Community-based management of AM (CMAM) with provision of specially formulated foods (SFFs) is recommended for treating moderate (MAM) and uncomplicated severe (SAM) cases in outpatient settings. Integrating nutrition counseling and cooking demonstrations (NC&CD) into CMAM programs can improve caregiver knowledge and practices. In our parent trial, we evaluated…
Perceptions of Underlying Factors and Consequences of Childhood Malnutrition and Care‐Seeking Behaviour for Children Under 5 Years With Acute Malnutrition
Acute Malnutrition affects 45 million children under five globally, with Bangladesh contributing more than 1.7 million cases. While community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) guidelines in Bangladesh exist, they primarily emphasise nutritional counselling and face challenges in coverage and implementations. It is important to understand barriers to CMAM uptake and implementation. This study aims to explore the perceptions of acute ma…
Physical, mental and behavioral health indicators in relation to academic performance in European boys and girls
Our study underscores the need to consider both the importance of accounting for heterogeneity in sex and the differences between math and language academic subjects when investigating determinants of academic performance, setting the stage for further research on this topic to explore potential competing, synergistic, or time-dependent effects among these different health dimensions
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022
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…
Effectiveness of Video‐Based Health Education on Breastfeeding Practices Among Infants Aged 0–6 Months in Dirashe District, South Ethiopia
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) of infants during the first 6 months of their life is strongly recommended. Video‐based communication is an innovative method that could promote EBF. The present study is aimed at assessing the effectiveness of video‐based intervention in promoting breastfeeding practices from birth to 6 months postpartum. This was evaluated through maternal reports, as well as EBF of infants at 3 and 5 months of age, usi…
Assessing the influence of Covid-19 lockdown measures on cognition and behavior in school age children in Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance site, Southern Ethiopia
Ethiopian schools were closed for nearly 40 weeks as a measure to control the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of the study was to evaluate the role of COVID-19 pandemic’s restrictive measures on cognition and behavioral difficulties of schoolchildren in Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance Site. Two cross-sectional surveys were conducted in November 2019 (pre-COVID-19-lockdown) and November 2020 (post-COVID-19 lockdown). Data were coll…
Reliability of Parental Recall of Birth Weight, Birth Length and Gestational Age in the Multicenter Cohort Study Idefics
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
Association of Chronic Malnutrition, and Not Anemia, with Cognitive Development in Ethiopian Schoolchildren
This study assesses the associations between nutritional status and cognitive development of schoolchildren. A unit increase in height-for-age Z-score was associated with 0.12 SD, 0.08 SD and 0.12 SD increase in standardized digit span, Raven's colored progressive metrics, and performance index of visual search task, respectively. A unit increase in body-mass-index-for-age Z-score was associated with 0.11 SD increase in standardized digit span. H…
Acceptability and feasibility of video-based health education for maternal and infant health in Dirashe District, South Ethiopia
Evidence about innovative methods to facilitate nutrition education counseling and promote the intended behavior change at scale is limited. We assessed the acceptability and feasibility of a video-based health education intervention aiming to promote community care for pregnant women, mothers, and infants in the Dirashe District, Ethiopia. Using a phenomenological study design, the experiences of study participants in a trial testing the effecti…
‘Blue’ coasts
Correlates of bitter, sweet, salty and umami taste sensitivity in European children
Associations Between Psychosocial Well-Being, Stressful Life Events and Emotion-Driven Impulsiveness in European Adolescents
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
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…
Determinants of Chronic Biological Stress, Measured as Hair Cortisol Concentration, in a General Population of Adolescents
Chronic biological stress may adversely affect adolescents' physical and mental health, but insight in the personal and environmental factors that determine chronic stress is limited. We measured 3-month cumulative hair cortisol concentration (HCC) in 419 adolescents, participating in the Flemish Environment and Health Study. Adolescents' health and lifestyle characteristics, household and neighborhood socio-economic status as well as neighborhoo…
Breakfast Dietary Pattern Is Inversely Associated with Overweight/Obesity in European Adolescents
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…
Human Biomonitoring Data Enables Evidence-Informed Policy to Reduce Internal Exposure to Persistent Organic Compounds
Human biomonitoring (HBM) monitors levels of environmental pollutants in human samples, which often is a topic of concern for residents near industrially contaminated sites (ICSs). Around an ICS area in Menen (Belgium), including a (former) municipal waste incinerator and a metal recovery plant, increasing environmental concentrations of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were observed, causing growing concern among residents and author…
A new measure of health motivation influencing food choices and its association with food intakes and nutritional biomarkers in European adolescents
Objective: To develop a scale to assess health motivation influencing food choices and to explore its performance in the associations with food intakes and nutritional biomarkers. Design: Psychometric study using cross-sectional self-report questionnaires and nutritional biomarkers. Setting: Multi-centre investigation conducted in ten European cities. Participants: 2954 adolescents who were included in the HELENA study and completed the Food Choi…
Is there stress eating in children and adolescents? A first validation of the Dutch version of the Salzburg Stress Eating Scale
Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories
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
The Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation in the Association Between Stressors With Psychological and Biological Measures in Adolescence
OBJECTIVE: This study explored the role of emotion regulation (ER) as a moderator in the stressor-adjustment outcome relationship while identifying the relevant stressors. METHODS: In 214 adolescents (10-18 years; 51.4% boys), stressors (parent and peer relations, negative events), psychological outcomes (adolescent perceived stress, psychopathology symptoms, negative affect), and biological measures related to the stress response (hair cortisol …
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations Between Psychosocial Well-Being and Cardiometabolic Markers in European Children and Adolescents
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…
Socio-economic and cultural disparities in diet among adolescents and young adults
Objective: To explore dietary differences according to socio-economic and sociocultural characteristics of adolescents and young adults. Design: A systematic review was conducted. Setting: The main search source was MEDLINE, consulted between January 2012 and March 2017. Quality of selected studies was assessed based on dietary measurement method, sample selection, socio-economic indicator choice and statistical modelling. Participants: Cross-sec…
Influence of meteorological conditions on physical activity in adolescents
BACKGROUND: It has been shown that meteorological conditions and season affect physical activity (PA) during adolescence. Today, meteorological conditions have never been combined to study their influence on PA level in a single sample of a large adolescent multicountries population. The aim of this study was to explore the influence of meteorological conditions on PA in adolescents from several European countries. METHODS: The study included 202…
Stress, emotional eating behaviour and dietary patterns in children
Vegetarianism and meat consumption
Associations of reward sensitivity with food consumption, activity pattern, and BMI in children
Determinants of nutrition knowledge in young and middle-aged Belgian women and the association with their dietary behaviour
Stronger associations between daily mortality and fine particulate air pollution in summer than in winter
Background: Numerous studies have shown a strong association between daily mortality and small particulate with a diameter of 10 ) air pollution, but the effects of season have not always been well characterised. Aim: To study the shape of the association between short-term mortality and PM 10 across seasons and quintiles of outdoor temperature. Design, setting and participants: Daily data on mortality (n = 354 357), outdoor temperature and PM 10…
Perceived Importance of Sustainability and Ethics Related to Fish
Although sustainability and ethics are of increasing public importance, little research has been conducted to reveal its association with fish consumer behavior. Cross-sectional data were collected through a postal self-administered survey (June 2005) from a sample of 381 Flemish women aged 20-50 years. Consumers attach high perceived importance to sustainability and ethics related to fish. However, this perceived importance is neither correlated…
Is there stress eating in children and adolescents? A first validation of the Dutch version of the Salzburg Stress Eating Scale
Influence of meteorological conditions on physical activity in adolescents
BACKGROUND: It has been shown that meteorological conditions and season affect physical activity (PA) during adolescence. Today, meteorological conditions have never been combined to study their influence on PA level in a single sample of a large adolescent multicountries population. The aim of this study was to explore the influence of meteorological conditions on PA in adolescents from several European countries. METHODS: The study included 202…
Fat and lean tissue accretion in relation to reward motivation in children
Food consumption among preschoolers. Does the school make a difference
Misclassification of coronary heart disease in mortality statistics. Evidence from the WHO-Monica Ghent-Charleroi Study in Belgium
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To validate the Belgian vital statistics for coronary heart disease (CHD) on the basis of an independent acute myocardial infarction (AMI) register, carried out as part of the WHO-MONICA project. DESIGN: Records of fatal cases of AMI in the WHO-MONICA register were individually linked to the corresponding death certificates. SETTING: Since 1983, the WHO-MONICA Collaborating Centre Ghent/Charleroi registers all fatal and non-fatal…
Coronary heart disease rates within a small urban area in Belgium
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To identify geographical differences in coronary heart disease (CHD) attack rates in a small urban area and to relate these to indicators of socioeconomic class. DESIGN--CHD attack rates were calculated from data of the Ghent MONICA myocardial infarct register for the period 1983-87. The city of Ghent is subdivided into 201 sectors based on morphological, and socioeconomic characteristics. During the national census of 1981, the …
Misclassification of coronary heart disease in mortality statistics. Evidence from the WHO-Monica Ghent-Charleroi Study in Belgium
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To validate the Belgian vital statistics for coronary heart disease (CHD) on the basis of an independent acute myocardial infarction (AMI) register, carried out as part of the WHO-MONICA project. DESIGN: Records of fatal cases of AMI in the WHO-MONICA register were individually linked to the corresponding death certificates. SETTING: Since 1983, the WHO-MONICA Collaborating Centre Ghent/Charleroi registers all fatal and non-fatal…
Trends in coronary heart disease in two Belgian areas
SETTING: As part of the WHO-MONICA study, acute coronary events have been registered from 1983 until 1992 in the general population aged 25-69 years in two Belgian cities--Ghent in the northern Dutch speaking part of Belgium and Charleroi in the southern French speaking part. Registration of events was done according to an international standard protocol. OBJECTIVE: To study trends in total, fatal and non-fatal event rates and trends in case fata…
A concise overview of national nutrition action plans in the European Union Member States
Objective This study presents an overview of national nutrition action plans in the member states of the European Union (EU), before its enlargement in 2004. In addition, their compliance with key recommendations of the World Health Organization, as documented in the First Action Plan for Food and Nutrition Policy and the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, has tentatively been evaluated on the basis of the policy documents pub…
Consumer perception versus scientific evidence about health benefits and safety risks from fish consumption
Objective To investigate the gap between consumer perception and scientific evidence related to health benefits and safety risks from fish consumption. Design Consumer perceptions from a cross-sectional survey in March 2003 in Belgium were compared with scientific evidence based on a literature review. Method A quota sampling procedure was used with age as quota control variable. Subjects completed a self-administered questionnaire including heal…
Breakfast habits affect overall nutrient profiles in adolescents
Objective To describe breakfast consumption patterns, on a nutrient and food item level, in Belgian adolescents. Design A 7-day estimated food record was administered in a cross-sectional survey. Setting Secondary schools in Ghent, Belgium. Subjects A total of 341 adolescents (13–18 years old), multistage clustered sampling. Results The energy contribution of breakfast to daily energy intake was on average 15.7% in boys and 14.9% in girls. Signif…
Stronger associations between daily mortality and fine particulate air pollution in summer than in winter
Background: Numerous studies have shown a strong association between daily mortality and small particulate with a diameter of 10 ) air pollution, but the effects of season have not always been well characterised. Aim: To study the shape of the association between short-term mortality and PM 10 across seasons and quintiles of outdoor temperature. Design, setting and participants: Daily data on mortality (n = 354 357), outdoor temperature and PM 10…
Perceived Importance of Sustainability and Ethics Related to Fish
Although sustainability and ethics are of increasing public importance, little research has been conducted to reveal its association with fish consumer behavior. Cross-sectional data were collected through a postal self-administered survey (June 2005) from a sample of 381 Flemish women aged 20-50 years. Consumers attach high perceived importance to sustainability and ethics related to fish. However, this perceived importance is neither correlated…
Food Intakes by Preschool Children in Flanders Compared with Dietary Guidelines
The objective of this study was to compare food group intakes among preschool children with food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) and to determine the proportion of children meeting these guidelines. Food consumption of preschool children (2.5-6.5 years) living in Flanders (Belgium) were assessed in a cross-sectional study, using proxy reported 3d estimated dietary records (EDR) (n 696). Statistical modelling was used to account for within-individ…
Fish consumption and its motives in households with versus without self-reported medical history of CVD
Although a number of differences between CVD- and CVD+ subjects with respect to their frequency of fish intake are uncovered, the findings suggest that fish consumption traditions and habits - rather than a medical history of CVD - account for large differences between the countries, particularly in fatty fish consumption. This study exemplifies the need for nutrition education and more effective communication about fish, not only to the people f…
Fish consumption is a safe solution to increase the intake of long-chain n -3 fatty acids
Objectives Dietary intake of long-chain (LC) n -3 PUFA in developed countries is low compared with recommendations. Fish is naturally rich in LC n -3 PUFA, but is also a dietary source of heavy metals and organic pollutants. We investigated whether the recommendation for LC n -3 PUFA could be reached through fish consumption, without exceeding the provisional tolerable weekly intake of methylmercury (MeHg) and the tolerable weekly intake (TWI) of…
Assessing, understanding and modifying nutritional status, eating habits and physical activity in European adolescents
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…
Food consumption among preschoolers. Does the school make a difference
Validity of Self-Reported Weight and Height of Adolescents, Its Impact on Classification into BMI-Categories and the Association with Weighing Behaviour
This paper investigated the validity of self-reported height and weight of adolescents for the diagnosis of underweight, overweight and obesity and the influence of weighing behaviour on the accuracy. A total of 982 adolescents reported their height, weight, weighing behaviour and eating patterns in a questionnaire. Afterwards, their height and weight were measured and their Body Mass Index (BMI)-categories were determined using age- and gender-s…
Relative Validity and Reproducibility of a Food-Frequency Questionnaire for Estimating Food Intakes among Flemish Preschoolers
The aims of this study were to assess the relative validity and reproducibility of a semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) applied in a large region-wide survey among 2.5-6.5 year-old children for estimating food group intakes. Parents/guardians were used as a proxy. Estimated diet records (3d) were used as reference method and reproducibility was measured by repeated FFQ administrations five weeks apart. In total 650 children were…
Validity and Reproducibility of a Self-Administered Semi-Quantitative Food-Frequency Questionnaire for Estimating Usual Daily Fat, Fibre, Alcohol, Caffeine and Theobromine Intakes among Belgian Post-M…
A novel food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was developed and validated to assess the usual daily fat, saturated, mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated fatty acid, fibre, alcohol, caffeine, and theobromine intakes among Belgian post-menopausal women participating in dietary intervention trials with phyto-oestrogens. The relative validity of the FFQ was estimated by comparison with 7 day (d) estimated diet records (EDR, n 64) and its reproducibilit…
The gap between food-based dietary guidelines and usual food consumption in Belgium, 2004
Objective To evaluate the gap between food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) and the usual food consumption in Belgium. Design and setting Information on food intake was collected with two non-consecutive 24 h recalls, using the validated software package EPIC-SOFT in combination with a self-administered FFQ. Habitual food intake was estimated by the Nusser method. Physical activity was evaluated according to the International Physical Activity Que…
Reliability and validity of a healthy diet determinants questionnaire for adolescents
Objective To describe the development of a short questionnaire including a wide range of personal, social and environmental constructs in relation to a healthy diet in an adolescent population. Design The questionnaire was developed based on the literature, past experiences and feedback from a small pilot study ( n 10). Test and retest (2 weeks later) of the questionnaire was done to investigate test–retest reliability. Data of four non-consecuti…
Determinants of ferritin and soluble transferrin receptors as iron status parameters in young adult women
Objective To investigate associations between nutritional and non-nutritional variables and Fe status parameters, i.e. serum ferritin and soluble transferrin receptors (sTfR). Design Cross-sectional design. Fe status parameters were determined on a fasting venous blood sample. Nutritional variables were assessed using a 2 d food record and non-nutritional variables by a general questionnaire. A general linear model was used to investigate associa…
Determinants of nutrition knowledge in young and middle-aged Belgian women and the association with their dietary behaviour
High dietary supplement intakes among Flemish preschoolers
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of dietary supplement use among Flemish preschoolers and to investigate associations between dietary supplement use and socio-economic variables of the parents. Parentally reported 3-day estimated dietary records (n=696) were used to calculate mean daily nutrient intakes, using Software for Intake Distribution Estimation (Cside). Socio-demographic information and frequency of dietary supplemen…
Clustering patterns of physical activity, sedentary and dietary behavior among European adolescents
In order to develop effective primary prevention strategies, it would be important to consider multiple health indices when identifying high risk groups
Reliability and validity of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire in a sample of European adolescents - the Helena study
In our European adolescent sample, the ASQ had an acceptable internal reliability and construct validity and the adolescents' gender and pubertal stage systematically contributed to the ASQ variance, but its test-retest reliability and criterion validity were rather poor. Overall, the utility of the ASQ for assessing perceived stress in adolescents across Europe is uncertain and some aspects require further examination
Self-reported physical activity in European adolescents
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
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…
Medicine (82 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (51 obras) · Environmental health (46 obras) · Demography (38 obras) · Psychology (33 obras) · Nutritional Studies and Diet (27 obras) · Internal Medicine (25 obras) · Biology (24 obras) · Gerontology (24 obras) · Obesity (22 obras)