TY - JOUR A1 - Steffensen, Nils A1 - Ursin, Frank A1 - Colbert, Vivian A1 - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo A1 - Brilke, Clara A1 - Werner, Eva A1 - Warnking, Pascal A1 - Potter, Amanda A1 - Reinard, Patrick ED - Rollinger, Christian T1 - Spring Issue T2 - thersites Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol12 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 12 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sen, Jaydip A1 - Bogin, Barry A1 - Mondal, Nitish A1 - Dey, Sima A1 - Roy, Shreysai ED - Scheffler, Christiane ED - Koziel, Slawomir ED - Hermanussen, Michael ED - Bogin, Barry T1 - Groundwater arsenic contamination in the Bengal Delta Plain is an important public health issue BT - a review T2 - Human Biology and Public Health N2 - There is a close association between human biology, epidemiology and public health. Exposure to toxic elements is one area of such associations and global concerns. The Bengal Delta Plain (BDP) is a region where contamination of ground water by arsenic has assumed epidemic proportions. Apart from dermatological manifestations, chronic exposure to arsenic causes a heavy toll through several carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic disorders. This article provides a global overview of groundwater arsenic contamination in the BDP region, especially the sources, speciation, and mobility of arsenic, and critically reviews the effects of arsenic on human health. The present review also provides a summary of comprehensive knowledge on various measures required for mitigation and social consequences of the problem of arsenic contaminated groundwater in the BDP region. KW - public health KW - arsenic KW - groundwater KW - India KW - Bangladesh KW - Bengal Delta Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph.v1.7 SN - 2748-9957 VL - 2021 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 31 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sanchez Sanz, Arturo A1 - Laudenbach, Benoît A1 - Weiß, Adrian A1 - Werner, Eva A1 - Stachon, Markus A1 - Anders, Friedrich A1 - Barthel, Christian A1 - Berrens, Dominik A1 - Avalli, Andrea A1 - Vandewalle, Alexander A1 - Ferrara, Pasquale A1 - Pohl, Patrik ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Spring Issue T2 - thersites Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rogol, Alan D. ED - Scheffler, Christiane ED - Koziel, Slawomir ED - Hermanussen, Michael ED - Bogin, Barry T1 - Settings Perspective BT - Bridging the Gap between Human Biology and Public Health T2 - Human Biology and Public Health KW - growth KW - maturation KW - populations KW - secular change Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph.v1.2 SN - 2748-9957 VL - 2021 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 2 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Robin, Koger A1 - Katharina, Syböck A1 - Emily, Weinelt A1 - Beda, Hartmann A1 - Kirchengast, Sylvia ED - Scheffler, Christiane ED - Koziel, Slawomir ED - Hermanussen, Michael ED - Bogin, Barry T1 - Advanced maternal age and nicotine consumption during pregnancy BT - Additive effects on new-born parameters T2 - Human Biology and Public Health N2 - Background Nicotine consumption during pregnancy and advanced maternal age are well known independent risk factors for poor pregnancy outcome and therefore serious public health problems. Objectives Considering the ongoing trend of delaying childbirth in our society, this study investigates potential additive effects of nicotine consumption during pregnancy and advanced maternal age on foetal growth. Sample and Methods In a medical record-based study, we analysed the impact of maternal age and smoking behaviour before and during pregnancy on newborn size among 4142 singleton births that took place in Vienna, Austria between 1990 and 1995. Results Birth weight (H=82.176, p<0.001), birth length (H=91.525, p<0.001) and head circumference (H=42.097, p<0.001) differed significantly according to maternal smoking behaviour. For birth weight, the adjusted mean differences between smokers and non-smokers increased from 101.8g for the < 18-year-old mothers to 254.8g for >35 year olds, with the respective values for birth length being 0.6 cm to 0.7cm, for head circumference from 0.3 cm to 0.6 cm. Conclusion Increasing maternal age amplified the negative effects of smoking during pregnancy on newborn parameters. Our findings identify older smoking mothers as a high-risk group which should be of special interest for public health systems. KW - advanced maternal age at first birth KW - maternal nicotine consumption KW - foetal growth KW - newborn size KW - birthweight KW - smoking Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph.v1.6 SN - 2748-9957 VL - 2021 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 19 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rebekka Mumm, A1 - Reimann, Anna A1 - Scheffler, Christiane ED - Scheffler, Christiane ED - Koziel, Slawomir ED - Hermanussen, Michael ED - Bogin, Barry T1 - Estimation of percentage of body fat in field studies – a method based on relative elbow breadth (Frame Index) and BMI T2 - Human Biology and Public Health N2 - Background Over the last 20 years, a decreasing trend in external skeletal robusticity and an increasing trend in overweight and obesity was observed worldwide in adults and children as modern lifestyles in nutritional and activity behavior have changed. However, body mass index (BMI) as a measure for overweight is not an ideal predictor of % body fat (%BF) either in children and adolescents or in adults. On the contrary, it disguises a phenomenon called “hidden obesity”. Objectives We aim to approximate %BF by combining skeletal robusticity and BMI and develop an estimation-based tool to identify normal weight obese children and adolescents. Sample and Methods We analyzed cross-sectional data on height, weight, elbow breadth, and skinfold thickness (triceps and subscapular) of German children aged 6 to 18 years (N=15,034). We used modified Hattori charts and multiple linear regression to develop a tool, the “%BF estimator”, to estimate %BF by using BMI and skeletal robusticity measured as Frame Index. Results Independent of sex and age an increase in BMI is associated with an increase in %BF, an increase in Frame Index is associated with a decrease in %BF. The developed tool “%BF estimator” allows the estimation of %BF per sex and age group after calculation of BMI and Frame Index. Conclusion The “%BF estimator” is an easily applicable tool for the estimation of %BF in respect of body composition for clinical practice, screening, and public health research. It is non-invasive and has high accuracy. Further, it allows the identification of normal weight obese children and adolescents. KW - body fat estimator KW - body composition KW - skeletal robusticity KW - hidden obesity KW - normal weigh obese Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph.v1.3 SN - 2748-9957 VL - 2021 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Potter, Amanda A1 - Gardner, Hunter H. A1 - Toscano, Margaret Merrill A1 - Foster, Frances A1 - Lovatt, Helen A1 - Strong, Anise K. A1 - Siegel, Janice A1 - Skibinski, Connie A1 - Martínez Jiménez, Javier A1 - Maurice, Lisa ED - Potter, Amanda ED - Gardner, Hunter H. T1 - Classics and the supernatural in modern media T2 - thersites Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol17 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 17 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Matz, Alicia A1 - Paprocki, Maciej A1 - Cristini, Marco A1 - Pezzini, Giuseppe A1 - Capra, Elena Sofia A1 - Kambo, Kevin A1 - Oughton, Charles W. A1 - Chinn, Christopher A1 - Thompson, Phoebe A1 - Praet, Raf A1 - Stutz, Kathryn H. A1 - Keen, Tony A1 - Beck, Christian ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - There and Back Again: Tolkien and the Greco-Roman World T2 - thersites Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol15 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 15 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hermanussen, Michael A1 - Scheffler, Christiane A1 - Martin, Lidia A1 - Groth, Detlef A1 - Waxmonsky, James G. A1 - Swanson, James A1 - Nowak-Szczepanska, Natalia A1 - Gomula, Aleksandra A1 - Apanasewicz, Anna A1 - Konarski, Jan M. A1 - Malina, Robert M. A1 - Bartkowiak, Sylwia A1 - Lebedeva, Lidia A1 - Suchomlinov, Andrej A1 - Konstantinov, Vsevolod A1 - Blum, Werner A1 - Limony, Yehuda A1 - Chakraborty, Raja A1 - Kirchengast, Sylvia A1 - Tutkuviene, Janina A1 - Jakimaviciene, Egle Marija A1 - Cepuliene, Ramune A1 - Franken, Daniel A1 - Navazo, Bárbara A1 - Moelyo, Annang G. A1 - Satake, Takashi A1 - Koziel, Slawomir ED - Scheffler, Christiane ED - Koziel, Slawomir ED - Hermanussen, Michael ED - Bogin, Barry T1 - Growth, Nutrition and Economy BT - Proceedings of the 27th Aschauer Soiree, held at Krobielowice, Poland, November 16th 2019 T2 - Human Biology and Public Health N2 - Twenty-three scientists met at Krobielowice, Poland to discuss the role of growth, nutrition and economy on body size. Contrasting prevailing concepts, re-analyses of studies in Indonesian and Guatemalan school children with high prevalence of stunting failed to provide evidence for an association between nutritional status and body height. Direct effects of parental education on growth that were not transmitted via nutrition were shown in Indian datasets using network analysis and novel statistical methods (St. Nicolas House Analysis) that translate correlation matrices into network graphs. Data on Polish children suggest significant impact of socioeconomic sensitivity on child growth, with no effect of maternal money satisfaction. Height and maturation tempo affect the position of a child among its peers. Correlations also exist between mood disorders and height. Secular changes in height and weight varied across decades independent of population size. Historic and recent Russian data showed that height of persons whose fathers performed manual work were on average four cm shorter than persons whose fathers were high-degree specialists. Body height, menarcheal age, and body proportions are sensitive to socioeconomic variables. Additional topics included delayed motherhood and its associations with newborn size; geographic and socioeconomic indicators related to low birth weight, prematurity and stillbirth rate; data on anthropometric history of Brazil, 1850-1950; the impact of central nervous system stimulants on the growth of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; and pituitary development and growth hormone secretion. Final discussions debated on reverse causality interfering between social position, and adolescent growth and developmental tempo. KW - nutrition KW - stunting KW - socioeconomy KW - education KW - secular changes KW - pubertal timing Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph.v1.1 SN - 2748-9957 VL - 2021 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haßler, Gerda ED - Haßler, Gerda T1 - Présentation T2 - Collocations et traditions discursives Actes du Colloque du Collège Doctoral Franco-allemand (CDFA) tenu à l’Université de Potsdam le 4 juillet 2018 (Linx : revue des linguistes de l'Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense) Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4000/linx.3842 SN - 2118-9692 VL - 2020 IS - 13 ER -