Is the prevalence of hypertension in overweight children overestimated?

AJG Wirix, J Nauta, JW Groothoff, TJ Rabelink… - Archives of disease in …, 2016 - adc.bmj.com
Objectives The aim of this study is to explore different methods for screening and diagnosing
hypertension—which definitions and criteria to use—in children and in addition to determine …

[PDF][PDF] Is there an association between cortisol and hypertension in overweight or obese children?

AJG Wirix, MJJ Finken… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - jag.journalagent.com
Objective: The precise mechanisms behind the development of hypertension in overweight
or obese children are not yet completely understood. Alterations in hypothalamic-pituitary …

[HTML][HTML] Role of glucocorticoid metabolism in childhood obesity-associated hypertension

MJJ Finken, AJG Wirix… - Endocrine …, 2022 - ec.bioscientifica.com
Objective Childhood obesity is associated with alterations in hypothalamus–pituitary–
adrenal axis activity. We tested the hypothesis that multiple alterations in the metabolism of …

[PDF][PDF] Risk factors for poor tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Makassar, Indonesia

PFD Scheelbeek, AJG Wirix, M Hatta… - … Asian Journal of …, 2014 - thaiscience.info
Resistant tuberculosis is an important public health problem in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 1,582 smear positive tuberculosis patients …

Recommendations and improvements for the evaluation of integrated community-wide interventions approaches

TM van Koperen, AJG Wirix, CM Renders… - Tijdschrift voor …, 2017 - Springer
Integrated community-wide intervention approaches (IWAs) are implemented to prevent
childhood obesity. A well-known example of such a programme is JOGG ('Youth on Healthy …

[HTML][HTML] Screening, diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in obese children: an international policy comparison

AJG Wirix, J Verheul, JW Groothoff, J Nauta… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Hypertension in obese children may require a different diagnostic and treatment approach
from that for children with secondary hypertension, yet there is neither consensus nor a clear …

[HTML][HTML] Body image: a survey of children in Caribbean Bonaire

J Kist-van Holthe, L Melchers, T Blom… - BMJ Paediatrics …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background In Bonaire, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is twice as high compared
with Northern Europe but similar to other Caribbean Islands and the USA. Having a realistic …

Dissemination and implementation of the insights and products of the CIAO study

TM van Koperen, AJG Wirix, CM Renders… - Tijdschrift voor …, 2017 - Springer
Overweight and obesity in children is a serious and very complex public health issue. It is
caused by various interrelated individual and environmental factors. Prevention of obesity …

From fiction to action: towards integrated local public health policy for the prevention of obesity

AM Hendriks, S Kremers, A Wirix, M Jansen - Tijdschrift voor …, 2017 - Springer
Overweight and obesity can be considered as complex 'wicked problems'. The solution
requires an integrated health policy, or focus on healthy weight as a result of all policy areas …

Advances in Hypertension Treatment

J Shin, AO Odusola, AJG Wirix, JP Samuel… - Advances in …, 2016 - scirp.org
Hypertension (HTN or HT), also known as high blood pressure (HBP), is a long term medical
condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. High blood …