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Lourdes Ribas-Barba
Researcher at Carlos III Health Institute
Publications - 56
Citations - 7013
Lourdes Ribas-Barba is an academic researcher from Carlos III Health Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Overweight. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 54 publications receiving 5148 citations. Previous affiliations of Lourdes Ribas-Barba include University of Barcelona.
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Knowledge, opinions and behaviours related to food and nutrition in Catalonia, Spain (1992-2003).
Lluis Serra-Majem,Blanca Roman-Viñas,Gemma Salvador,Lourdes Ribas-Barba,Joy Ngo,Conxa Castell,Carmen Cabezas +6 more
TL;DR: The Catalan population has improved their knowledge of healthy food and health-related attitudes and Nutrition policy should focus on young adults as a key age group for primary prevention of future nutrition-related chronic diseases.
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Who benefits from a dietary online intervention? Evidence from Italy, Spain and Greece.
Ralf Schwarzer,Lena Fleig,Lisa M. Warner,Maryam Gholami,Lluis Serra-Majem,Joy Ngo,Blanca Roman-Viñas,Lourdes Ribas-Barba,Alessandro Distante,Evangelia E. Ntzani,George Giannakis,Maria Luisa Brandi +11 more
TL;DR: The intervention produced overall improvements in Mediterranean diet consumption, with outcome expectancies, planning, action control and stage of change operating as moderators, indicating that those with lower motivational or volitional prerequisites gained more from the online intervention.
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Cumulative Effect of Obesogenic Behaviours on Adiposity in Spanish Children and Adolescents
Helmut Schröder,Rowaedh Ahmed Bawaked,Lourdes Ribas-Barba,Maria Izquierdo-Pulido,Blanca Roman-Viñas,Montserrat Fitó,Lluis Serra-Majem +6 more
TL;DR: The cumulative effect on BMI z-score, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), overweight and abdominal obesity of four lifestyle behaviours that have been linked to obesity of Spanish youth was determined.
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Dietary flavonoids of Spanish youth: intakes, sources, and association with the Mediterranean diet.
Rowaedh Ahmed Bawaked,Helmut Schröder,Lourdes Ribas-Barba,Gabriela Cardenas,Luis Peña-Quintana,Luis Peña-Quintana,Carmen Pérez-Rodrigo,Montserrat Fitó,Lluis Serra-Majem,Lluis Serra-Majem,Lluis Serra-Majem +10 more
TL;DR: This study provides primary information about flavonoids intake and main food sources in Spanish children, adolescents and young adults and shows participants with high daily mean intake of flavonoid have higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet.
Long-term dietary exposure to lead in young children living in different European countries. Scientific report submitted to EFSA
Polly Boon,Isabelle Sioen,H. van der Voet,I. Huybrechts,M. De Neve,Pilar Amiano,Mikel Azpiri,Leif Busk,Tue Christensen,Annett Hilbig,T. Hirvonen,Stella Koulouridaki,Lionel Lafay,Kirsi-Helena Liukkonen,Joanna Moschandreas,Stalo Papoutsou,Lourdes Ribas-Barba,J. Ruprich,Lluis Serra-Majem,Michael Tornaritis,Aida Turrini,Maitane Urtizberea,Eric O. Verger,Anna Westerlund,Mathilde Kersting,S. De Henauw,J.D. van Klaveren +26 more
TL;DR: Exposures on a body weight basis were higher in younger compared to older children and the OIM method results in an overestimation of the percentage of the population exceeding a provisional tolerable weekly intake which is of relevance for risk management decisions.