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Research Institute of Child Nutrition (FKE)
Institution
Section overview
Description
At the Research Institute of Child Nutrition, Dortmund, we investigate the association between nutrition, growth and metabolism in children and adolescents, with the goal of improving nutrition and thereby contributing to the promotion of health and optimal growth and development.
Activities
- Research
Coordinated projects
- Baby Gourmet: Innovation in baby food by multimodal development and evaluation of new product lines in the complementary foods (subprojects A - D)
- Change in serum TSH levels as a function of iodine intake and thyroid volume - an in-depth evaluation of the study KiGGS
- Current trends of the contributions of food to the iodine intake in school children and adolescents: study using 24-ioduria reference methodology and 3-day weighed food record
- Determination of salt use in nutrition surveys based on common salt excretion in the urine
- Development, testing and validation of dietary assessment instruments for children and young people of Turkish descent
- Drink Yourself Fit - Early behavioral and Verhältnispräventation of obesity by improving the drinking habits in the setting of primary school
- Importance of salt intake and fruit and vegetable consumption by children and young people for the long-term blood pressure development
- Long term importance of carbohydrate intake during puberty for insulin resistance and inflammatory tendency in young adulthood
- Long-term trends and review relevant food groups of iodine nutrition of children in preschool
Involved in research projects
Contact
Research Institute of Child Nutrition
(FKE)
Heinstück 11
D-44225 Dortmund
North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Phone: 0231 / 79 22 10-0
Fax: 0231 / 71 15 81
