Lourdes Ribas-Barba
Carlos III Health Institute
57 Papers
563 Citations
Lourdes Ribas-Barba is an academic researcher from Carlos III Health Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 54 publications. Previous affiliations of Lourdes Ribas-Barba include University of Barcelona.
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Papers
Methodological limitations in measuring childhood and adolescent obesity and overweight in epidemiological studies: does overweight fare better than obesity?
TL;DR: The need to standardise the definitions of obesity and overweight in childhood and recommend the use of overweight due to the greater degree of agreement observed among the different methods used is indicated.
Health-enhancing physical activity and associated factors in a Spanish population
Alba Pardo,Blanca Roman-Viñas,Blanca Roman-Viñas,Lourdes Ribas-Barba,Lourdes Ribas-Barba,Eulàlia Roure,Carles Vallbona,Lluis Serra-Majem,Lluis Serra-Majem,Lluis Serra-Majem +9 more
TL;DR: Engaging in health-enhancing physical activity is common but not during leisure time, as concluded based on a representative sample of adults from Catalonia, Spain.
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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.
How to find information on national food and nutrient consumption surveys across Europe: systematic literature review and questionnaires to selected country experts are both good strategies
Maria Blanquer,Alicia Garcia-Alvarez,Lourdes Ribas-Barba,Trudy M. A. Wijnhoven,Garden Tabacchi,Mirjana Gurinovic,Lluis Serra-Majem +6 more
TL;DR: A systematic search and questionnaires are equally good at identifying national surveys across countries, whereas the questionnaire provides information that, depending upon responders, can be more complete.
Chinchón declaration; decalogue on low- and no-calorie sweeteners (LNCS).
Lluis Serra-Majem,Pilar Riobó Serván,Susana Belmonte Cortés,Arturo Anadón Navarro,Javier Aranceta Bartrina,Eladia Franco Vargas,Reina Garcia-Closas,Carmen Gómez-Candela,Elvira Herrero Sancho,Carlo La Vecchia,M.ª Luisa López Díaz-Ufano,Gregorio Varela-Moreiras,Jesús Vázquez Castro,Lourdes Ribas-Barba,Francisca Alcaraz-Cebrián,Pedro Pablo García-Luna,Mercedes González-Gomis,Marcela González-Gross,Susana Granado de la Orden,Ana M. López-Sobaler,José Manuel Moreno Villares,Rosa María Ortega Anta,Carmen Pérez-Rodrigo,Isabel Polanco Allué,Rafael Urrialde de Andrés +24 more
TL;DR: The Chinchón Decalogue is the outcome of a meeting for reflection and consensus by a group of experts with backgrounds in different scientific disciplines related to regulation, use, benefits and safety of low- and no-calorie sweeteners.