A5007559638- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Nursing care and research
- Gut microbiota and health
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2015-2020
Indices predictive of adolescent central obesity include waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height (WHtR). Such reference data are lacking for Greek adolescents. The aim this study was to develop age- gender-specific WC, WHR WHtR smoothed percentiles abdominal among adolescents aged 12-17 years, investigate possible cut-offs compare WC other populations.A representative sample 1610 high school (42.2% boys, 57.8% girls; mean age ± sd 14.4 1.72 years) participated...
To explore the effects of a multicomponent-multilevel school-based educational intervention on nutritional habits and abdominal obesity indices representative adolescent sample.A sample 1610 adolescents aged 12-17 years in 23 public high schools three municipalities Attica region Greece participated programme funded by European Union (August 2013-August 2014). Participants underwent dietary assessment with use Mediterranean Diet Quality Index children (KIDMED), blood pressure (BP) screening...
Dysbiosis of intestinal ecology could be implicated in prediabetes. The aim this pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) was to collect preliminary data on the effects probiotic supplementation (Vivomixx©) markers glucose metabolism, microbiome composition, and health indices, prediabetic adolescents. intervention group administered sachets twice daily for 4 months, while both control groups received weekly consultation sessions a healthier lifestyle. Thirty-two participants were recruited...
Self-efficacy has been found to have a direct relation with self-care in diabetes. Several tools developed and used for evaluating self-efficacy of diabetic patients, the most widely being Diabetes Management Self-Efficacy Scale (DMSES). The aim present study was translate, culturally adapt, validate Greek DMSES (GR-DMSES) order it be ATTICA pilot SmartCare EU-funded project.Using standard procedures, original version translated adapted into Greek. Content validity assessed by an expert...
Using telemedicine in the school setting Greece, we screened a representative adolescent sample for MetS (International Diabetes Federation criteria) and explored its associations with anthropometric, sociodemographic behavioural parameters.Cross-sectional data were obtained from 12- to 17-year-old high students.The prevalence of 1578 adolescents (mean age ± SD 14.4 1.7 years) was 2.6% (3.4% among males; 2.0% females), highest (4.3%) at 13 years lowest (1.3%) 16 years. Adolescents had...
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