Kieslinger K, Wartha O, Pollatos O, Steinacker JM, Kobel S (2021). Parental Self-Efficacy - A Predictor of Children's Health Behaviors? Its Impact on Children's Physical Activity and Screen Media Use and potential Interaction Effect within a Health Promotion Program. Frontiers in Psychology 12:712796. PDF
2021
2020
Lauer R, Traub M, Hansen S, Kilian R, Steinacker JM, Kesztyüs D (2020). Longitudinal changes and determinants of parental willingness to pay for the prevention of childhood overweight and obesity PDF
Möhler R, Wartha O, Steinacker JM, Szagun B, Kobel S (2020). Parental Self-Efficacy as a Predictor of Children’s Nutrition and its potential Mediator Effect between the Health Promotion Program “Join the Healthy Boat” and Children’s Nutrition. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health PDF
Kobel S, Dreyhaupt D, Wartha O, Kettner S, Hoffmann B, Steinacker JM (2020). Intervention effects of the health promotion programme „Join the Healthy Boat“ on objectively assessed sedentary time in primary school children in Germany. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health PDF
Kobel S, Henle L, Lämmle C, Wartha O, Szagun B, Steinacker JM (2020). Intervention effects of a kindergarten-based health promotion programme on motor abilities in early childhood. Frontiers Public Health 8:219. PDF
Kobel S, Dreyhaupt J, Wartha O, Lämmle C, Steinacker JM (2020). Response to "Questions on "Intervention effects of a kindergarten-based health promotion programme on obesity related behavioural outcomes and BMI percentiles"" by Vorland et al. Preventive Medicine Reports PDF
Pollatos O, Georgiou E, Kobel S, Schreiber A, Dreyhaupt J, Steinacker JM (2020). Trait based emotional intelligence, body image dissatisfaction and HRQoL in children. Frontiers in Psychiatry (Psychosomatic Medicine) PDF
2019
Kobel S, Kesztyüs D, Steinacker JM (2019). Lehrerbasierte Gesundheitsförderung bei Grundschulkindern in Baden-Württemberg: Effekte auf Ausdauerleistungsfähigkeit und Inzidenz abdominaler Adipositas. Das Gesundheitswesen. PDF
Hoffmann B, Kobel S, Wartha O, Kettner S, Dreyhaupt J, Steinacker JM (2019). High sedentary time in children is not only due to screen media use: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatrics. PDF
Kobel S, Wartha O, Dreyhaupt J, Kettner S, Steinacker JM (2019). Cross-sectional associations of objectively assessed sleep duration with physical activity, BMI and television viewing in German Primary school children. BMC Pediatrics 19:54. PDF
Kobel S, Wartha O, Steinacker JM (2019). Correlates of active transport to school in German primary school children. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin 70:29-36. PDF
Kobel S, Wartha O, Lämmle C, Dreyhaupt J, Steinacker JM (2019). Intervention effects of a kindergarten based health Promotion programme on obesity related behavioural outcomes and BMI percentiles. Preventive Medicine Reports 15:100931. PDF
Kobel S, Kettner S, Hermeling L, Dreyhaupt J, Steinacker JM (2019). Objectively assessed physical activity and weight status of Primary school children in Germany with and without migration background. Public Health 173:75-82. PDF
2018
Kelso A, Vogel K, Steinacker JM (2018). Ultrasound measurements of subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness show sexual dimorphism in children of three to five years of age. Acta Paediatrica doi:10.1111/apa.14496 PDF
Traub M, Lauer R, Kesztyüs T, Wartha O, Steinacker JM, Kesztyüs D (2018). Skipping breakfast, overconsumption of soft drinks and screen media: Longitudinal analysis of the combined influence on weight development in primary schoolchildren. BMC Public Health 18(1) doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5262-7 PDF
Vorwieger E, Kelso A, Steinacker JM, Kesztyüs D (2018) Cardio-metabolic and socio-environmental correlates of waist-to-height ratio in German primary schoolchildren: A cross-sectional exploration. BMC Public Health 18(1) doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5174-6 PDF
Wartha O, Steinacker JM, Kobel S (2018). Gesundheitsförderung an baden-württembergischen Kindertageseinrichtungen: Aktuelle Situation, Barrieren und Potentiale. Präv Gesundheitsf doi: 10.1007/s11553-018-0647-0 PDF
2017
Hoffmann B, Kettner S, Wirt T, Wartha O, Hermeling L, Steinacker JM, Kobel S and the Research Group “Join the Healthy Boat” (2017). Sedentary time among primary school children in south-west Germany: amounts and correlates. Archives of Public Health 75:63. doi:10.1186/s13690-017-0230-8 PDF
Kesztyüs D, Lauer R, Kesztyüs T, Kilian R, Steinacker JM, on behalf of the “Join the Healthy Boat” Study Group (2017). Costs and effects of a state-wide health promotion program in primary schools in Germany – The Baden-Wuerttemberg Study: A cluster-randomized, controlled trial. PLoS ONE 12(2): e0172332. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172332 PDF
Kobel S, Wartha O, Wirt T, Dreyhaupt J, Lämmle C, Friedemann E, Kelso A, Kutzner C, Hermeling L, Steinacker JM (2017). Design, implementation and study protocol of a kindergarten-based health promotion intervention. BioMed Research International PDF
Kobel S, Kettner S, Dreyhaupt J, Steinackerm JM (2017). Objectively Determined Physical Activity Levels in German Primary School Children after a One Year School-based Health Promoting Intervention. J child Obes 2: 8. PDF
Kobel S, Lämmle C, Wartha O, Kesztyüs D, Wirt T, Steinacker JM. (2017). Effects of a Randomised Controlled School-Based Health Promotion Intervention on Obesity Related Behavioural Outcomes of Children with Migration Background. J Immigrant Minority Health, 19(2): 254–262. PDF
Kobel S, Wartha O, Steinacker JM (2017). (Übergewichts-)Prävention in Deutschland. Dtsch Z Sportmed. 2017; 68: 81-84. PDF
Lämmle C, Wartha O, Kobel S, Wirt T, Kelso A, Kutzner C, Steinacker JM (2017). Intervention effects of the school-based health promotion program „Join the Healthy Boat“ on motor abilities of children with migration background. Health, 9, 520-533 PDF
Traub M, Steinacker JM, Kesztyüs D and the Working Group "Join the healthy boat" (2017). Breakfast skipping in primary schoolchildren. Targeting prevention by cofactors. ErnahrungsUmschau 64(9):128–133 PDF
Wartha O, Lämmle C, Kobel S, Wirt T, Steinacker JM: Aufbau des Bewegungsmoduls des schulbasierten Gesundheitsförderprogramms „Komm mit in das gesunde Boot“. Dtsch Z Sportmed 2017; 68 20-26 PDF
Wirt T, Wartha O, Steinacker JM (2017). Health Promotion in Primary Schools-Evaluation of Side-Effects on Cognitive and Academic Performance in a Randomized Trial. Int J Sch Cogn Psychol 2017, 4:2. PDF
2016
Kesztyüs, D. et al. (2016). Correlates of longitudinal changes in the waist to height ratio of primary school children: Implications for prevention. Prev Med Reports 3:1-6. PDF
Kesztyüs D, Lauer R, Traub M, Kesztyüs T, Steinacker JM: Effects of statewide health promotion in primary schools on children’s sick days, visits to a physician and parental absence from work: a cluster-randomized trial. BMC Public Health 2016; doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3903-2 PDF
Kobel S. et al. (2016). Effects of a Randomised Controlled School-Based Health
Promotion Intervention on Obesity Related Behavioural Outcomes of Children with Migration Background. J Immigrant Minority Health PDF
Kobel S, Kettner S, Lämmle C, Steinacker JM: Physical activity of German
children during different segments of the school day. Journal of Public Health 2016; doi:
10.1007/s10389-016-0755-2 PDF
Lämmle C. et al. (2016). Intervention effects of a school-based health promotion program on children's motor skills. J Public Health. Download PDF
Wartha O. et al. (2016). Entwicklung eines settingspezifischen Gesundheitsförderprogramms durch die Verwendung des Intervention-Mapping-Ansatzes: „Komm mit in das gesunde Boot – Kindergarten“. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung Download PDF
2015
Georgiou E. et al. (2015). Interaction of physical activity and interoception in children. Frontiers in Psychology 6:502. Download PDF
Kobel S. et al. (2015). Effects of physical education on objectively determined physical activity in primary school children – which proportioning is best? Journal of Teaching in Physical Education 34:537-547. Download PDF
Kobel S. et al. (2015). Does a higher incidence of break times in primary schools result in children being more physically active? Journal of School Health 85(3):149-154. Download PDF
Kobel S. et al. (2015). Correlates of habitual physical activity and organised sports in German primary school children. Public Health 129(3):237-243. Download PDF
Möhrle B. et al. (2015). Bewegungsförderung an Grundschulen – Pausenhof und körperliche Aktivität von Kindern. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin 66:141-146. Download PDF
Stierlin A. S. et al. (2015). A systematic review of determinants of sedentary behaviour in youth: a DEDIPAC-study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12(1):1-19. Download PDF
Wirt T. et al. (2015). Early life cognitive abilities and body weight: Cross-sectional study of the association of inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility and sustained attention with BMI percentiles in primary school children. Journal of Obesity, 2015, 1-11. Download PDF
2014
Drenowatz, C. et al.(2014). Parental characteristics have a larger effect on children’s health behaviour than their body weight. Obesity Facts 7:388-398. Download PDF
Erkelenz, N. et al. (2014). Parental activity as influence on children´s BMI Percentiles and physical activity. Journal of Sport Science and Medicine 13:645-650. Download PDF
Erkelenz, N. et al. (2014) Relationship of parental health-related behaviours and physical fitness in girls and boys. Journal of Public Health 22:407-414. Download PDF
Kesztyüs, D. et al. (2014). Parents’ willingness to pay for the prevention of childhood overweight and obesity. Health Economics Review 2014; 4:20. Download PDF
Kesztyüs, D. et al. (2014) Illness and determinants of health-related quality of life in a cross-sectional sample of schoolchildren in different weight categories. GMS Ger Med Sci 2014;12. Download PDF
Kobel, S. et al. (2014). Intervention Effects of a School-Based Health Promotion Programme on Obesity Related Behavioural Outcomes. Journal of Obesity. doi: 10.1155/2014/476230 Download PDF
Schreiber, A. et al. (2014). Why do mothers encourage their children to control their weight? A cross-sectional study of possible contributing factors. BMC Public Health, 14:450 Download PDF
Wirt, T. et al. (2014). Associations between inhibitory control and body weight in German primary school children. Eating Behaviors, 15:9-12. Download PDF
Wartha, O. et al. (2014). Entwicklung und Implementierung eines landesweiten Multiplikatorensystems zur flächendeckenden Umsetzung des schulbasierten Präventionsprogramms „Komm mit in das gesunde Boot – Grundschule“. Das Gesundheitswesen 76:655-661 doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1349869 Download PDF
2013
Drenowatz, C. et al. (2013). Effects of a Teacher-Centred, School-Based Intervention Program on Health Behavior and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Elementary School Children. ISRN Public Health. doi: 10.1155/2013/513183 Download PDF
Drenowatz, C. et al. (2013). Organized sports, overweight and physical fitness in primary school children in Germany. Journal of Obesity. doi: 10.1155/2013/935245 Download PDF
Drenowatz, C. et al. (2013). Differences in health behaviour, physical fitness and cardiovascular risk in early, average, and late mature children. Pediatric Exercise Science, 25(1):69-83. Download PDF
Drenowatz, C., et al. (2013). Correlates of weight gain in German children attending elementary school. Preventive Medicine, 57(4):310-314. Download PDF
Kesztyüs D, et al. (2013). Lebensqualität und Erkrankungshäufigkeit bei Grundschulkindern in Korrelation mit Bewegung und Medienkonsum? Dtsch Z Sportmed 2013; 64(10):293 Download PDF
Kesztyüs, D. et al. (2013). Is central obesity associated with poorer health and health-related quality of life in primary school children? Cross-sectional results from the Baden-Württemberg Study. BMC Public Health, 13:260. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-260 Download PDF
Kettner, S. et al. (2013). Objectively determined physical activity levels of primary school children in south-west Germany. BMC Public Health, 13:895. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-895 Download PDF
2012
Brandstetter, S. et al. (2012). Overweight prevention implemented by primary school teachers: a randomised controlled trial. Obesity Facts, 5:1-11. doi: 10.1159/000336255 Download PDF
Drenowatz, C. et al. (2012). Interaction of sedentary behaviour, sports participation, and fitness with weight status in elementary school children. European Journal of Sports Sciences. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2012.732615 Download PDF
Dreyhaupt, J. et al. (2012). Evaluation of a Health Promotion Program in Children: Study Protocol and Design of the Cluster-Randomized Baden-Württemberg Primary School Study [DRKS-ID: DRKS00000494]. BMC Public Health, 12:157. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-157 Download PDF
2011
Kesztyüs, D. et al. (2011). Economic Evaluation of URMEL-ICE, a school-based overweight prevention programme comprising metabolism, exercise and lifestyle intervention in children. The European Journal of Health Economics. doi:10.1007/s10198-011-0358-3 Download PDF
Von Schurbein, J. et al. (2011). Reference Values and Early Determinants of Intra-Abdominal Fat Mass in Primary School Children. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 75:412-422. Download PDF
2010
Wartha, O. (2010). Möglichkeiten der schulbasierten Prävention in Bereichen des Gesundheitsverhaltens. Pädiatrische Praxis, 75:21-26. Download PDF
2009
Nagel, G., Wabitsch, M., Galm, C., Berg, S., Brandstetter, S., Fritz, M., Klenk, J., Peter, R., Prokopchuk, D., Steiner, R., Stroth, S., Wartha, O., Weiland, S. K., & Steinacker, J. M. (2009). Determinants of obesity in the Ulm Research on Metabolism, Exercise and Lifestyle in Children (URMEL-ICE). European Journal of Pediatrics, 168(10), 1259–1267. Download PDF
Nagel, G., Wabitsch, M., Galm, C., Berg, S., Brandstetter, S., Fritz, M., Klenk, J., Peter, R., Prokopchuk, D., Steiner, R., Stroth, S., Wartha, O., Weiland, S. K., & Steinacker, J. M. (2009). Secular changes of anthropometric measures for the past 30 years in South-West Germany. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 63(12), 1440–1443. Download PDF
2006
Nething, K., Stroth, S., Wabitsch, M., Galm, C., Rapp, K., Brandstetter, S., Berg, S., Kresz, A., Wartha, O., & Steinacker, J. M. (2006). Primärprävention von Folgeerkrankungen des Übergewichts bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin, 57(2), 42–45. Download PDF