Differences in Weight Status and Energy-Balance Related Behaviors among Schoolchildren across Europe: The ENERGY-Project

Johannes Brug; Maartje M. van Stralen; Saskia J. te Velde; Mai J. M. Chinapaw; Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij; Nanna Lien; Elling Bere; Victoria Maskini; Amika S. Singh; Lea Maes; Luis Moreno; Nataša Jan; Eva Kovacs; Tim Lobstein; Yannis Manios

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034742

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Differences in Weight Status and Energy-Balance Related Behaviors among Schoolchildren across Europe: The ENERGY-Project

Johannes Brug ,

* E-mail: j.brug@vumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Maartje M. van Stralen,

Affiliation Department of Public and Occupational Health and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Saskia J. te Velde,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Mai J. M. Chinapaw,

Affiliation Department of Public and Occupational Health and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij,

Affiliation Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Nanna Lien,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of Oslo, Norway
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Elling Bere,

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Sport and Nutrition, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
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Victoria Maskini,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
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Amika S. Singh,

Affiliation Department of Public and Occupational Health and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Lea Maes,

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Luis Moreno,

Affiliation GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group. E.U. Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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Nataša Jan,

Affiliation Slovenian Heart Foundation, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Eva Kovacs,

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Pecs University, Pecs, Hungary
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Tim Lobstein,

Affiliation IASO, International Association for the Study of Obesity, London, United Kingdom
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Yannis Manios

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
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Differences in Weight Status and Energy-Balance Related Behaviors among Schoolchildren across Europe: The ENERGY-Project

Johannes Brug,
Maartje M. van Stralen,
Saskia J. te Velde,
Mai J. M. Chinapaw,
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij,
Nanna Lien,
Elling Bere,
Victoria Maskini,
Amika S. Singh,
Lea Maes

Published: April 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034742

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