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Roland Hauspie
Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Publications - 47
Citations - 1806
Roland Hauspie is an academic researcher from Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Growth curve (biology). The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 47 publications receiving 1700 citations. Previous affiliations of Roland Hauspie include Free University of Brussels & National Fund for Scientific Research.
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References for growth and pubertal development from birth to 21 years in Flanders, Belgium.
TL;DR: The ongoing secular trend in height and weight makes growth charts previously used in Belgium obsolete and new representative charts for growth and pubertal development are introduced.
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Overweight and obesity in Norwegian children: prevalence and socio‐demographic risk factors
Petur Benedikt Juliusson,Geir Egil Eide,Geir Egil Eide,Mathieu Roelants,Per Erik Waaler,Roland Hauspie,Robert Bjerknes,Robert Bjerknes +7 more
TL;DR: This study estimated the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity and to identify socio‐demographic risk factors in Norwegian children and found that overweight children are more likely to be obese than their peers.
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Secular changes in growth
TL;DR: The secular trend in adult height has slowed down since the second world war, but is still continuing in most industrialized countries.
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Growth references for 0-19 year-old Norwegian children for length/height, weight, body mass index and head circumference.
Petur Benedikt Juliusson,Mathieu Roelants,Eirin Nordal,Liv Furevik,Geir Egil Eide,Dag Moster,Roland Hauspie,Robert Bjerknes +7 more
TL;DR: Because of the observed secular trends in growth, it is advised to use the new references, which have been endorsed by the Norwegian Department of Health, which were constructed for length/height, weight, body mass index (BMI) and head circumference.
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Growth of Belgian and Norwegian children compared to the WHO growth standards: prevalence below −2 and above +2 SD and the effect of breastfeeding
Petur Benedikt Juliusson,Mathieu Roelants,Karel Hoppenbrouwers,Roland Hauspie,Robert Bjerknes +4 more
TL;DR: There are significant deviations in the proportion of children outside normal limits of the WHO standards, including those who were exclusively breastfed, and these findings advocate the use of national references in Belgium and Norway, also for breastfed children.