Project Publications

The publication rules of the IDEFICS & I.Family studies are available here – IDEFICS-IFAMILY Publication Rules.

I.Family publications are linked on this page and sorted in alphabetical order.

Articles and publications from the I.Family study:

2024

Dello Russo M, Sirangelo I, Lauria F, Formisano A, Iannuzzi C, Hebestreit A, et al. Dietary advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and urinary fluorescent AGEs in children and adolescents: Findings from the Italian I.Family project. Nutrients 2024, 16, 1831. Link

Do S, Didelez V, Börnhorst C, Coumans J, Reisch L, Danner U, et al. The role of psychosocial well-being and emotion-driven impulsiveness in food choices of European adolescents. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2024;21. Link

Evans R, Didelez V. Parameterizing and simulating from causal models. J R Stat Soc. 2024;Series B: Statistical Methodology;86,3,535–568, Link

Floegel A, Russo P, Veidebaum T, Tornaritis M, Molnár D, Lissner L, et al., on behalf of the IDEFICS & I.Family consortia. Transition of clinical biomarker status from childhood into adolescence – a prospective study in children from eight European countries. PLOS One (forthcoming).

Foraita R, Witte J, Börnhorst C, Gwozdz W, Pala V, Lissner L, et al. A longitudinal causal graph analysis investigating modifiable risk factors and obesity in a European cohort of children and adolescents. Sci Rep. 2024;14(1):6822. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-56721-y

Goerdten J, Muli S, Rattner J, Merdas M, Achaintre A, Yuan L, et al. Identification and replication of urine metabolites associated with short-term and habitual intake of sweet and fatty snacks in European children and adolescents. J Nutr (forthcoming)

2023

Börnhorst C, Ahrens W, De Henauw S, Hunsberger M, Molnár D, Moreno LA, et al., on behalf of the GrowH! Consortium. Age-specific quantification of overweight/obesity risk factors from infancy to adolescence and differences by educational level of parents. Int J Public Health. 2023 Nov 15;68:1605798. Link

Börnhorst C, Pigeot I, De Henauw S, Formisano A, Lissner L, Molnar D, et al., on behalf of the GrowH! consortium. The effects of hypothetical behavioral interventions on the 13-year incidence of overweight/obesity in children and adolescents. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2023. Link

Dello Russo M, Formisano A, Lauria F, Ahrens W, Bogl LH, Eiben G, et al. Dietary diversity and its association with diet quality and health status of European children, adolescents, and adults: Results from the I.Family Study. Foods 2023, 12, 4458. Link

Evans R, Didelez V. Parameterizing and simulating from causal models. J R Stat Soc. 2023;Series B: Statistical Methodology;86,3,535–568, Link

Floegel A, Intemann T, Siani A, Moreno LA, Molnár D, Veidebaum T, et al.; IDEFICS/I.Family consortia. Cohort-based reference values for serum ferritin and transferrin and longitudinal determinants of iron status in European children aged 3 to 15 years. J Nutr. 2023 Dec 2:S0022-3166(23)72783-1. Link

Galmés S, Rupérez AI, Sánchez J, Moreno LA, Foraita R, Hebestreit A, et al. KLB and NOX4 expression levels as potential blood-based transcriptional biomarkers of physical activity in children. Sci Rep. 2023. Link

Lindblad A, Samkange-Zeeb F, De Henauw S, Solea A, Veidebaum T, Lauria F, et al. Cardiometabolic risk profile among children with migrant parents and role of parental education: IDEFICS/I.Family cohort. Int J Obes. 2023. Link

Mehlig K, Foraita R, Nagrani R, Wright M, De Henauw S, Molnár D, on behalf of the I.Family consortium. Genetic associations vary across the spectrum of fasting serum insulin: results from the European IDEFICS/I.Family children’s cohort. Diabetologia. 2023. Link

Nagrani R, Marron M, Bongaerts E, Nawrot TS, Ameloot M, de Hoogh K, et al. Association of urinary and ambient black carbon, and other ambient air pollutants with risk of prediabetes and metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents. Environmental Pollution. 2023;317:120773. Link

Schreuder A, Börnhorst C, Wolters M, Veidebaum T, Tornaritis M, Sina E, et al., GrowH! Consortium. Population trajectories and age-dependent associations of obesity risk factors with body mass index from childhood to adolescence across European regions: A two-cohort study. Pediatr Obes. 2024 Feb;19(2):e13088. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.13088. Link

Sina E. Growing up in a digital environment: The role of digital media use in European children’s and adolescents’ health and health behaviours. Bremen: University of Bremen; 2023. (PhD Thesis). Link

Sina E, Buck C, Ahrens W, Coumans MJ, Eiben G, Formisano A, et al. & I. Family consortium. Digital media exposure and cognitive functioning in European children and adolescents of the I.Family study. Sci Rep. 202; 13,18855. Link

Wolters M, Marron M, Foraita R, Hadjigeorgiou C, De Henauw S, Eiben G, et al. Longitudinal associations between vitamin D status and cardiometabolic risk markers among children and adolescents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Nov 17;108(12):e1731-e1742. Link

2022

Borriello M, Lauria F, Sirangelo I, Aleksandrova K, Hebestreit A, Siani A, et al. Association between Urinary Advanced Glycation End Products and Subclinical Inflammation in Children and Adolescents: Results from the Italian I.Family Cohort. Nutrients. 2022;14(19):4135. Link.

Breau B, Brandes M, Veidebaum T, Tornaritis M, Moreno L, Molnar D, et al. on behalf of the IDEFICS/I.Family consortia. Longitudinal association of childhood physical activity and physical fitness with physical activity in adolescence: insights from the IDEFICS/I.Family study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2022;19, 147. Link

Lauri F, Iacomino G, Russo P, Venezia A, Marena P, Ahrens W, et al. Circulating miRNAs are associated with inflammation biomarkers in children with overweight and obesity: Results of the I.Family Study. Genes. 2022. Link.

Stahlmann K, Lissner L, Bogl LH, Mehlig K, Kaprio J, Klosowska J, et al. on behalf of the I.Family consortium. Family structure in relation to BMI and metabolic score in European children and adolescents. Pediatric Obesity. 2022. Link.

2021

Do S, Coumans JMJ, Börnhorst C, Pohlabeln H, Reisch LA, Danner UN et al. Associations between Psychosocial Well-being, Stressful Life Events and Emotion-driven Impulsiveness in European Adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 2021. Link

Fridolfsson J, Buck, Hunsberger M, Baran J, Lauria F, Molnar D et al. on behalf of the I.Family consortia. High-intensity activity is stronger associated with metabolic health in children compared to sedentary time: a cross-sectional study of the I.Family cohort. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2021. Link

Guzman V, Lissner L, Arvidsson L, Hebestreit A, Solea A, Lauria F et al. Associations of sleep duration and screen time with incidence of overweight in European children: the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort. Obesity Facts. 2021. Link

Hüls A, Wright MN, Bogl LH, Kaprio J, Lissner L, Molnár D et al. Polygenic risk for obesity and its interaction with lifestyle and sociodemographic factors in European children and adolescents. Int J of Obesity. 2021. Link

Iacomino G, Lauria F, Russo P, Venezia A, Iannaccone N, Marena P et al. on behalf oft he I.Family consortia. The association of circulating miR-191 and 3 miR-375 expression levels with markers of 4 insulin resistance in overweight children: an exploratory analysis of the I.Family Study. BMC – Genes and Nutrition. 2021. Link

Lauria F, Della Russo M, Formisano A, De Henauw S, Hebestreit A, Hunsberger M et al. Ultra-processed foods consumption and diet quality of European children, adolescents and adults: results from the I.Family study. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 2021. Link

Masip G, Foraita R, Silventoinen K, Adan RAH, Ahrens W, De Henauw S et al. on behalf of the IDEFICS/I.Family Consortia. The temporal relationship between parental concern of overeating and childhood obesity considering genetic susceptibility: longitudinal results from the IDEFICS/I.Family Study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2021. Link

Nagrani R, Foraita R, Wolters M, Russo P, Veidebaum T, et al., on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia. Longitudinal association of inflammatory markers with markers of glycemia and insulin resistance in European children. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 2021. Link

Sina E, Buck C, Veidebaum T, Siani A, Reisch LA, Pohlabeln H et al. Media use trajectories and risk of metabolic syndrome in European children and adolescents: the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort. Int J Beha Nutr Phys Act. 2021. Link

Sina E, Buck C, Ahrens W, De Henauw S, Jilani H, Lissner L et al. on behalf of the I.Family consortia. Digital media use in association with sensory taste preferences in European children and adolescents- results from the I.Family study. Foods. 2021. Link

Sprengeler O, Pohlabeln H, Bammann K, Buck C, Lauria F, Verbestel V et al. Trajectories of objectively measured physical activity and childhood overweight: longitudinal analysis of the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort. Int J Beha Nutr Phys Act. 2021. Link

Thuman B. The connection between mental and physical health: Investigating the associations between psychosocial well-being, sleep and cardio-metabolic health in European children and adolescents. Bremen: University of Bremen; 2021. (PhD Thesis) Link

Thumann B, Buck C, De Henauw S, Hadjigeorgiou C, Hebestreit A, Lauria F et al. Cross-sectional associations between objectively measured sleep characteristics and body mass index in European children and adolescents. Sleep Medicine. 2021. Link

Wolters M, Intemann T, Russo P, Moreno LA, Molnár D, Veidebaum T et al. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D reference percentiles and the role of their determinants among European children and adolescents. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2021. Link

2020

Bogl LH, Mehlig K, Ahrens W, Gwozdz W, de Henauw S, Molnar D, et al., on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family Consortia. Like me, like you – relative importance of sibling and peer behavior on children’s lifestyle depends on age. Int J Beha Nutr Phys Act. 2020. Link

Börnhorst C, Russo P, Veidebaum T, Tornaritis M, Molnár D, Lissner L, et al. The role of lifestyle and non-modifiable risk factors in the development of metabolic disturbances from childhood to adolescence. Int J of Obesity. 2020; 44, 2236–2245. Link

Cheng L, Pohlabeln H, Ahrens W, Lauria F, Veidebaum T, Chadjigeorgiou C, et al. Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and bone stiffness index across weight status in European children and adolescents. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2020 Apr 28;17(1):54. Link

Cheng L, Pohlabeln, H, Ahrens W, Russo P, Veidebaum T, Chadjigeorgiou C, et al., on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia. Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between sleep duration, sleep quality and bone stiffness in European children and adolescents. Osteoporosis International. 2020; 32, 853–863. Link

Gwozdz W, Reisch L, Eiben G, Hunsberger M, Konstabel K, Kovacs E, et al., on behalf of the I.Family consortium. The effects of smileys as motivational incentives on children’s fruit and vegetable choice, consumption and waste: A field experiment in schools in five European countries. Food Policy. 2020. (in press) Link

Iacomino G, Lauria F, Russo P, Marena P, Venezia A, Iannaccone N, et al. Circulating miRNAs are associated with sleep duration in children/ adolescents: results of the I.Family Study. Experimental Physiology. 2020. Link

Intemann T, Mehlig K, De Henauw S, Siani A, Constantinou T, Moreno LA, et al. SIMEX for correction of dietary exposure effects with Box-Cox transformed data. Biom J. 2020 Jan;62(1):221-237. Link

Iglesia I, Intemann T, de Miguel-Etayo P, Pala V, Hebestreit A, Wolters M, et al., on behalf of the IDEFICS/I.Family Cohort. Dairy Consumption at Snack Meal Occasion and the Overall Quality of Diet during Childhood. Prospective and Cross-Sectional Analyses from the IDEFICS/I.Family Cohort. Nutrients. 2020. Link

Marth S, Börnhorst C, Mehlig K, Russo P, Moreno LA, De Henauw S, et al. Associations of whole blood polyunsaturated fatty acids and insulin resistance among European children and adolescents. Eur J Pediatr. 2020 Apr 8. Link

Mehlig K, Holmberg C, Bogl LH, Erhardt E, Hadjigeorgiou C, Hebestreit A, et al. Weight status and BMI-related traits in adolescent friendship groups and role of sociodemographic factors – The European IDEFICS/I.Family cohort. Obesity Facts. 2020. Link

Nagrani R, Foraita R, Gianfagna F, Iacoviello L, Marild S, Michels N, et al. Common genetic variation in obesity, lipid transfer genes and risk of metabolic syndrome: Results from IDEFICS/I.Family study and meta-analysis. Sci Rep. 2020 Apr 28;10(1):7189. Link

Stahlmann K, Hebestreit A, DeHenauw S, Hunsberger M, Kaprio J, Lissner L, et al. A cross-sectional study of obesogenic behaviours and family rules according to family structure in European children. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2020. Link

Thumann B, Börnhorst C, Ahrens W, Arvidsson L, Gwozdz W, Iguacel I, et al. Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between psychosocial well-being and cardio-metabolic markers in European children and adolescents. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2020. Link

Thumann B, Michels N, Felsö R, Hunsberger M, Kaprio J, Moreno LA, et al., on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia. Associations between sleep duration and insulin resistance in European children and adolescents considering the mediating role of abdominal obesity. PLOS ONE. 2020; 15(6):e0235049. Link

2019

Ahrens W, Bammann K, Pigeot I, on  behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia. The  IDEFICS/I.Family studies: design and methods of a large European child cohort. In: Bammann K, Lissner L, Pigeot I, Ahrens W, editors. Instruments for health surveys in children and adolescents. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2019; p. 1-24. Link

Ahrens W, Lauria F, Formisano A, Moreno LA, Pigeot I, on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia. Pre- and postnatal factors obtained from health records. In:  Bammann K, Lissner L, Pigeot I, Ahrens W, editors. Instruments for health surveys in children and adolescents. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2019; p. 175-188. Link

Arvidsson D, Fridolfsson J, Buck C, Ekblom Ö, Ekblom-Bak E, Lissner L, et al. Reexamination of Accelerometer Calibration with Energy Expenditure as Criterion: VO_2net Instead of MET  for Age-Equivalent Physical Activity Intensitiy. Sensors. 2019;19(15):3377. Link

Bammann K, Lissner L, Pigeot I, Ahrens W. Preface (instruments book). Springer; 2019. Link

Bammann K, Peplies J, Mårild S, Molnár D, Suling M, Siani A, on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia. Physical examinations. In:  Bammann K, Lissner L, Pigeot I, Ahrens W, editors. Instruments for health surveys in children and adolescents. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2019; p. 47-55. Link

Bammann K, Reisch LA, Pohlabeln H, Williams G, Wolters M, on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia. Core questionnaires. In: Bammann K, Lissner L, Pigeot I, Ahrens W, editors. Instruments for health surveys in children and adolescents. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2019; p. 189-207. Link

Bogl L-H, Kaprio J, Brünings-Kuppe C, Lissner L, Ahrens W, on behalf of the I.Family consortium. Interview on kinship and household. In: Bammann K, Lissner L,  Pigeot I,  Ahrens W, editors. Instruments for health surveys in children and adolescents. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2019; 291-301. Link

Bogl LH, Mehlig K, Intemann T, Masip G, Keski-Rajkonen A, Rusoo P et al. A within-sibling pair Analysis of lifestyle behaviours and BMI z-score in the multi-centre I.Family study. Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases. 2019. Link

Börnhorst C, Russo P, Veidebaum T, Tornaritis M, Molnar D, Lissner L et al. Metabolic status in children and its transition during childhood and adolescence – The IDEFICS and I.Family study. Int J Epidemiol. 2019. Link

Brandes M, Vicente-Rodríguez G, Suling M, Pitsiladis Y, Bammann K, on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia. Physical fitness. In: Bammann K, Lissner L, Pigeot I, Ahrens W, editors. Instruments for health surveys in children and adolescents. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2019; p. 277-289. Link

Buck C, Eiben G, Lauria F, Konstabel K, Page A, Ahrens W, on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia. Urban Moveability and physical activity in children: longitudinal results from the IDEFICS and I.Family cohort. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2019;16(1). Link

Cheng L, Pohlabeln H, Ahrens W, Russo P, Veidebaum T, Chadjigeorgiou C, et al. on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family Consortia. Sex differences in the longitudinal associations between body composition and bone stiffness index in European children and adolescents. Bone.2019. Link

Coumans J, Danner U, Charalambos H, Hebestreit A, Hunsberger M, Intemann T et al. Emotion-driven impulsiveness but not decision-making ability and cognitive inflexibility predicts weight status in adults. Apetite. 2019. Link

Elida S, Buck C, Jilani H, Tornaritis M, Veidebaum T, Russo P et al. Association of Infant Feeding Patterns with Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents: A Retrospective Latent Profile Analysis. Nutrients. 2019. Link

Fridolfsson J, Börjesson M, Buck C, Ekblom Ö, Ekblom-Bak E, Hunsberger M et al. Effects of Frequency Filtering on Intensity and Noise in Accelerometer-Based Physical Activity Measurements. Sensors. 2019. Link

Ghazy Elsayed HA,Lissner L, Mehlig K, Thumann BF, Hebestreit A, Pala V, et al. Relationship between perception  of emotional home atmosphere  and fruit and vegetable consumption in European adolescents: results from the I.Family survey. Publ Health Nutr. 2019. Link

Gwozdz W, Nie P, Sousa-Poza A, de Henauw S, Felso R, Hebestreit A et al. Peer Effects on Weight Status,Dietary Behaviour and Physical Activity among Adolescents in Europe: Findings from the I.Family Study. Kyklos. 2019; 72(2): 270-296. Link

Hebestreit A, Wolters M, Jilani H, Eiben G, Pala V, on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family  consortia. Web-based 24-hour dietary recall: the SACANA program. In: Bammann K, Lissner L, Pigeot I, Ahrens W, editors. Instruments for health surveys in children and adolescents. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2019; p. 77-102. Link

Iacomino G, Russo P, Marena P, Lauria F, Venezia A, Ahrens W, et al. Circulating microRNAs are associated with early childhood obesity: Results of the I.Family study. Genes & Nutrition. 2019;142 Link

Jilani H, Peplies J, Buchecker K, on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia. Assessment of sensory taste perception in children. In: Bammann K, Lissner L, Pigeot I, Ahrens W, editors. Instruments for health surveys in children and adolescents. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2019; p. 257-275. Link

Jilani H, Pohlabeln H, de Henauw S, Hunsberger M, Eiben G, Molnar D et al. Relative validity of a food and beverage preference questionnaire to characterise taste phenotypes in children and adults. Nutrients. 2019. Link

Konstabel K, Chopra S, Ojiambo R, Muñiz-Pardos B, Pitsiladis Y, on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia. Accelero­metry-based physical activity assessment for children and adolescents. In: Bammann K, Lissner L, Pigeot I, Ahrens W, editors. Instruments for health surveys in children and adolescents. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2019; p. 135-173. Link

Nappo A, Sparano, S, Intemann T, Kourides YA, Lissner L, Molnar D et al. Dietary Calcium intake and adiposity in children and adolescents: cross-sectional and longitudinal results from IDEFICS/I.Family cohort. Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases. 2019. Link

Pala V, Reisch LA, Lissner L, on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia. Dietary behaviour in children, adolescents and families: the Eating Habits Questionnaire (EHQ). In: Bammann K, Lissner L, Pigeot I, Ahrens W, editors. Instruments for health surveys in children and adolescents. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2019; p. 103-133. Link

Peplies J, Günther K, Gottlieb A, Luebke A, Bammann K, Ahrens W, on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia. Biological samples – standard operating  procedures for collection, shipment, storage and documentation. In: Bammann K, Lissner L, Pigeot I, Ahrens W, editors. Instruments for health surveys in children and adolescents. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2019; p. 57-76. Link

Santaliestra-Pasías AM, González-Gil EM, Pala V, Intemann T, Hebestreit A, Russo P et al. Predictive associations between lifestyle behaviours and dairy consumption: the IDEFICS study. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease Journal. 2019. Link

Reineke A, Pigeot I, Ahrens W, Rach S, on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia. MODYS – a modular control and documentation system for epidemiological studies. In: Bammann K, Lissner L, Pigeot I, Ahrens W, editors. Instruments for health surveys in children and adolescents. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2019; 25-45. Link

Thumann B, Börnhorst C, Michels N, Veidebaum T, Solea A, Reisch L et al. The cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of psychosocial well-being and sleep in European children and adolescents. Journal of Sleep Research. 2019. Link

van Meer F, van der Laan LN, Eiben G, Lissner L, Wolters M, Rach S et al. Development and body mass inversely affect children’s brain activation in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during food choice. NeuroImage, Volume 201, 2019, 116016. Link

2018

Bogl LH, Wolters M, Börnhorst C, Intemann T, Reisch LA, Ahrens W, Hebestreit A. Dietary habits and obesity in European children. Results from the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort/ Ernährungsgewohnheiten und Adipositas bei europäischen Kindern. Ergebnisse aus der IDEFICS/I.Family-Kohorte. Ernährungsumschau international. 2018. Link

Bramsved R, Regber S, Novak D, Mehlig K, Lissner L, Marild S. Parental education and family income affect birthweight, early longitudinal growth and body mass index development differently. Acta Paediatr. 2018. Link

Hadjigeorgiou C, Solea A, Querol SE, Keski-Rahkonen A, Michels N, Russo P et al. Disordered eating in three different Age Groups in Cyprus: a comparative cross-sectional study. Public Health. 2018. Link

Iacomino G, Russo P, Marena P, Lauria F, Venezia A, Ahrens W et al. Circulating microRNAs are associated with early childhood obesity: results of the I.Family Study. Genes & Nutrition. 2018. Link

Intemann T, Pigeot I, de Henauw S, Eiben G, LissnerL, Krogh V, et al. Urinary sucrose and fructose as biomarkers of  sugar intake in children: results from the I.Family study. Link

Langeheine M, Pohlabeln H, Lauria F, Veidebaum T, Tornaritis M, Molnar D, et al. Attrition in the European child cohort IDEFICS/I.Family: Exploring associations between attrition and body mass index. Frontiers in Pediatrics, section Children and Health. Link

Mehlig K, Bogl LH, Hunsberger M, Ahrens W, de Henauw S, Iguacel I, Jilani H, et al. Children’s propensity to consume sugar and fat predicts regular alcohol consumption in adolescence. Public Health Nutrition. Link

Murtas R, Krogh V, Intemann T, Lissner L, Eiben G, Molnar D, et al. on behalf of the I.Family consortium. Does providing assistance to children and adolescents increase repeatability and plausibility of self-reporting using a web-based dietary recall instrument? Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2018. Link

Perlaki G, Molnar D, Smeets PA, Ahrens W, Wolters M, Eiben G, et al. Volumetric gray matter measures of amygdala and accumbens in childhood overweight/obesity. PLOS ONE. 2018. Link

Rampelli S, Günther K, Turroni S, Wolters M, Veidebaum T, Kourides Y, et al. Gut microbiome is associated with diet, physical activity and health in children with or without excessive weight gain. Communications Biology. 2018. Link

Rampelli S, Günther K, Turroni S, Wolters M, Veidebaum T, Kourides Y et al. Pre-obese children’s dysbiotic gut microbiome and unhealthy diets may predict the development of obesity. Communications Biology. 2018. Link

Scholle O, Jilani H, Riedel O, Banaschewski T, Hadjigeorgiou C, Hunsberger M, et al. on behalf of the I.Family Consortium. Use of Nutritional Supplements in Youth with Medicated and Unmedicated Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2018. Link

2017

Ahrens W, Siani A, Adan R, De Henauw S, Eiben G, Gwozdz W, et al. Cohort Profile: The transition from childhood to adolescence in European children-how I.Family extends the IDEFICS cohort. Int J Epidemiol. 2017;46(5):1394-5j. Available at: Link

Arvidsson L. Diets of European children, with focus on BMI, well-being, and families – The IDEFICS/I.Family cohort. Gothenburg: University of Gothenburg; 2017. (PhD Thesis) Link

Bogl LH, Silventoinen K, Hebestreit A, Intemann T, Williams G, Michels N, et al. Familial Resemblance in Dietary Intakes of Children, Adolescents, and Parents: Does Dietary Quality Play a Role? Nutrients. 2017;9(8). Link

Börnhorst C, Siani A, Tornaritis M, Molnar D, Lissner L, Regber S, et al. Potential selection effects when estimating associations between the infancy peak or adiposity rebound and later body mass index in children. Int J Obes (Lond). 2017;41(4):518-26. Link

Coumans JMJ, Danner UN, Ahrens W, Hebestreit A, Intemann T, Kourides YA, et al. The association of emotion-driven impulsiveness, cognitive inflexibility and decision-making with weight status in European adolescents. Int J Obes (Lond). 2017. Link

Coumans JMJ, Danner UN, Intemann T, De Decker A, Hadjigeorgiou C, Hunsberger M, et al. Emotion-driven impulsiveness and snack food consumption of European adolescents: Results from the I.Family study. Appetite. 2017;123:152-9. Link

Cozzolino R, De Giulio B, Marena P, Martignetti A, Gunther K, Lauria F, et al. Urinary volatile organic compounds in overweight compared to normal-weight children: results from the Italian I.Family cohort. Sci Rep. 2017;7(1):15636. Link

De Decker A. Children’s reward motivation, dietary habits and body composition changes. Ghent: Ghent University; 2017. (PhD Thesis) Link

De Decker A, Verbeken S, Sioen I, Van Lippevelde W, Braet C, Eiben G, et al. Palatable food consumption in children: interplay between (food) reward motivation and the home food environment. Eur J Pediatr. 2017;176(4):465-74. Link (Erratum to this paper: Link)

Estecha S, Danner UN, Keski-Rahkonen A, Hoek HW, Adan RA. Dieting and binge eating in a large European cohort of adolescents: the I.Family study. Appetite. 2016;101. Link

Hebestreit A, Intemann T, Siani A, De Henauw S, Eiben G, Kourides YA, et al. Dietary Patterns of European Children and Their Parents in Association with Family Food Environment: Results from the I.Family Study. Nutrients. 2017;9(2). Link

Intemann T, Hebestreit H, Reisch LA, Williams G, Lissner L, Williams M, Et al. Obesogenic diets in European children – from nutrients to upstream factors. J WHO regional office Europe. 2017;3(4): 663-76. Link

Jilani HS, Intemann T, Bogl LH, Eiben G, Molnar D, Moreno LA, et al. Familial aggregation and socio-demographic correlates of taste preferences in European children. BMC Nutrition. 2017;3(1):87. Link

Nie P, Gwozdz W, Reisch L, Sousa-Poza A. Values, Norms, and Peer Effects on Weight Status. J Obes. 2017;2017:2849674. Link

Sanchez J, Pico C, Ahrens W, Foraita R, Fraterman A, Moreno LA, et al. Transcriptome analysis in blood cells from children reveals potential early biomarkers of metabolic alterations. Int J Obes (Lond). 2017;41(10):1481-8. Link

van Meer F, van der Laan LN, Viergever MA, Adan RAH, Smeets PAM, Consortium IF. Considering healthiness promotes healthier choices but modulates medial prefrontal cortex differently in children compared with adults. Neuroimage. 2017;159:325-33. Link

van Meer F. Neural processing of healthy foods in normal-weight and overweight children and adults. Utrecht: Utrecht University; 2017. (PhD Thesis)

Williams G, Pigeot I. Consent and confidentiality in the light of recent demands for data sharing. Biom J. 2017;59(2):240-50. Link

Wolters M, Dering C, Siani A, Russo P, Kaprio J, Rise P, et al. The role of a FADS1 polymorphism in the association of fatty acid blood levels, BMI and blood pressure in young children-Analyses based on path models. PLoS One. 2017;12(7):e0181485. Link

2016

Estecha S, Danner U, Keski-Rahkonen A, Hoek H, Adan RA. Dieting and binge eating in a large European cohort of adolescents: the I.Family study. 2016.

Iacomino G, Russo P, Stillitano I, Lauria F, Marena P, Ahrens W, et al. Circulating microRNAs are deregulated in overweight/obese children: preliminary results of the I.Family study. Genes Nutr. 2016;11:7. Link

Tucker F. Developing Autonomy and Transitional Paternalism. Bioethics. 2016;30(9):759-66. Link

van Meer F, Charbonnier L, Smeets PA. Food Decision-Making: Effects of Weight Status and Age. Curr Diab Rep. 2016;16(9):84. Link

van Meer F, van der Laan LN, Charbonnier L, Viergever MA, Adan RA, Smeets PA, et al. Developmental differences in the brain response to unhealthy food cues: an fMRI study of children and adults. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016;104(6):1515-22. Link

Wirsik N. Statistical modeling of physical activity based on accelerometer data. Bremen: University of Bremen; 2016. (PhD Thesis) Link

Wolters M, Pala V, Russo P, Rise P, Moreno LA, De Henauw S, et al. Associations of Whole Blood n-3 and n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids with Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents – Results from the IDEFICS/I.Family Cohort. PLoS One. 2016;11(11):e0165981. Link

2015

Arvidsson L, Bogl LH, Eiben G, Hebestreit A, Nagy P, Tornaritis M, et al. Fat, sugar and water intakes among families from the IDEFICS intervention and control groups: first observations from I.Family. Obes Rev. 2015;16 Suppl 2:127-37. Link

Buck C, Dreger S, Pigeot I. Anonymisation of address coordinates for microlevel analyses of the built environment: a simulation study. BMJ Open. 2015;5(3):e006481. Link

Priego T, Sanchez J, Pico C, Ahrens W, De Henauw S, Kourides Y, et al. TAS1R3 and UCN2 Transcript Levels in Blood Cells Are Associated With Sugary and Fatty Food Consumption in Children. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015;100(9):3556-64. Link

van Meer F, van der Laan LN, Adan RA, Viergever MA, Smeets PA. What you see is what you eat: an ALE meta-analysis of the neural correlates of food viewing in children and adolescents. Neuroimage. 2015;104:35-43. Link

2014

Börnhorst C, Huybrechts I, Hebestreit A, Krogh V, De Decker A, Barba G, et al. Usual energy and macronutrient intakes in 2-9-year-old European children. Int J Obes (Lond). 2014;38 Suppl 2:S115-23. Link

2013

Buck C, Börnhorst C, Pohlabeln H, Huybrechts I, Pala V, Reisch L, et al. Clustering of unhealthy food around German schools and its influence on dietary behavior in school children: a pilot study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2013;10:65. Link

2012

Williams G. Children as means and ends in large-scale medical research. Bioethics. 2012;26(8):422-30. Link

IDEFICS Publications:

For a full list of articles and publications, please visit the IDEFICS website.