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Mathieu Roelants er er biostatistiker, ph.d. og postdok ved Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Leuven, Belgia.
Articles by Mathieu Roelants
Puberty starts earlier
- Ingvild Særvold Bruserud,
- Ninnie Helén Bakken Oehme,
- André Madsen,
- Karen Rosendahl,
- Robert Bjerknes,
- Mathieu Roelants,
- Pétur B. Júlíusson
24.10.2022:
New Norwegian data show that the median age for the onset of puberty in Norwegian girls is six months earlier than previously believed. New growth curves for Norwegian girls and boys were published in 2009 (1). At that point, there were no data available for the pubertal development of children and...
Lifestyle intervention for children and adolescents with severe obesity – results after one year
- Vilde Aabel Skodvin,
- Samira Lekhal,
- Kristin Garpestad Kommedal,
- Beate Benestad,
- Hanna Flækøy Skjåkødegård,
- Yngvild Sørebø Danielsen,
- Sara-Rebekka Færø Linde,
- Mathieu Roelants,
- Jens Kristoffer Hertel,
- Jøran Hjelmesæth,
- Pétur Benedikt Júlíusson
11.06.2020:
Obesity in children and adolescents is a major health challenge. Psychosocial complications are common in children with severe obesity, and cardiometabolic and orthopaedic complications may also occur (1). Moreover, childhood obesity is strongly associated with adult obesity, thus also with an...
New curves for body mass index among children and adolescents
- Pétur Benedikt Júlíusson,
- Jøran Hjelmesæth,
- Robert Bjerknes,
- Mathieu Roelants
02.10.2017:
The Norwegian curves for body mass index published in 2009 included international cut-off values for overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. Here, we present an update of this curve which now includes a cut-off for severe obesity, and argue why it should be used. The body mass index (BMI...
New reference charts for weight-related body measurements in children
- Bente Brannsether,
- Mathieu Roelants,
- Robert Bjerknes,
- Pétur Benedikt Júlíusson
22.11.2016:
Body mass index (BMI) is used to diagnose overweight and obesity. Charts for sex- and age-adjusted body mass index, based on data from the Bergen Growth Study, have been published previously. We now present new charts for waist circumference, waist-height ratio, triceps skinfolds and subscapular...
Growth charts for Norwegian children
- Pétur B. Júlíusson,
- Mathieu Roelants,
- Geir Egil Eide,
- Dag Moster,
- Anders Juul,
- Roland Hauspie,
- Per Erik Waaler,
- Robert Bjerknes
12.02.2009:
Measurements of European populations have shown a slow, positive trend in children’s growth – with a gradual increase in final height by 0.3 – 3 cm for every decade (1) – (3). This development is mainly due to better nutrition, improved socio-economic conditions and fewer infections (4). In...