Rabenberg, Martina
Scheidt-Nave, Christa
Busch, Markus A.
Thamm, Michael
Rieckmann, Nina
Durazo-Arvizu, Ramón A.
Dowling, Kirsten G.
Škrabáková, Zuzana
Cashman, Kevin D.
Sempos, Christopher T.
Mensink, Gert B. M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft
Article History
Received: 4 February 2018
Accepted: 27 June 2018
First Online: 6 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: GNHIES98, DEGS1 and KiGGS were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the study protocols of each survey were approved by the Federal and State Commissioners for Data Protection. The protocols of KiGGS and DEGS1 were also approved by the ethics committee of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Participants beyond 14 years of age of each study and all parents of children who participated in KiGGS provided written informed consent before the study procedures.
: Not applicable.
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