Code
3E023710
Duration
01 October 2010 → 29 February 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
-
Natural sciences
- Other chemical sciences
-
Medical and health sciences
- Orthopaedics
- Pediatrics and neonatology
- Orthopaedics
- Pediatrics and neonatology
- Nursing
- Nutrition and dietetics
- Orthopaedics
- Pediatrics and neonatology
-
Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural animal production
- Food sciences and (bio)technology
Keywords
lifestyle
children
bone
Project description
The aim is to study the influence of lifestyle on the evolution of bone health in Flemish children, 2 to 12 years old. These children are followed during four years and examined three times (2008, 2010, 2012), using a calcaneal quantitative ultrasound measurement, a peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) and questionnaires.