Berit Heitmann

Berit Heitmann

Clinical Professor

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    1. Published

      Fedme og Helbredsrisiko - vvad skal vi måle på?

      Heitmann, Berit, 2009, In: Ugeskrift for læger. 171, 43, p. 3067 1 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

    2. Published

      Obesity, leanness, and mortality: effect modification by physical activity in men and women

      Heitmann, Berit, Hills, A. P., Frederiksen, P. & Ward, L. C., 2009, In: Obesity. 17, 1, p. 136-42 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    3. Published

      Obesity and gender

      Heitmann, Berit, Kopelman, P. G. (ed.), Caterson, I. D. (ed.) & Dietz, W. H. (ed.), 2009, Clinical obesity in adults and children. 3 ed. Wiley, Vol. 5. p. 53-64 12 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

    4. Published

      Low vitamin A during fetal development may increase the risk of developing T2D

      Heitmann, Berit, Ängquist, L., Jacobsen, Ramune, Vaag, A. & Keller, A., 2023. 1 p.

      Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearchpeer-review

    5. Published

      Thigh circumference and risk of heart disease and premature death: prospective cohort study

      Heitmann, Berit & Frederiksen, P., 2009, In: BMJ. British Medical Journal (International Ed.). 339, p. b3292

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    6. Published

      Childhood obesity: successes and failures of preventive interventions

      Heitmann, Berit, Koplan, J. & Lissner, L., 2009, In: Nutrition Reviews. 67, Suppl 1, p. S89-S93 5 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    7. Published

      Processed meat intake and incidence of colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies

      Händel, M. N., Rohde, J. F., Jacobsen, Ramune, Nielsen, S. M., Christensen, R., Alexander, D. D., Frederiksen, P. & Heitmann, Berit, 2020, In: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 74, p. 1132–1148 17 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    8. Published

      Maternal serum retinol and β-carotene concentrations and neonatal bone mineralization: results from the Southampton Women’s Survey cohort

      Händel, M. N., Moon, R. J., Titcombe, P., Abrahamsen, B., Heitmann, Berit, Philip, C., Dennison, E. M., Robinson, S. M., Godfrey, K. M., Inskip, H., Cooper, C. & Harvey, N. C., 2016, In: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 104, 4, p. 1183-1188 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    9. Nutrient and food intakes in early life and risk of childhood fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

      Händel, M. N., Heitmann, Berit & Abrahamsen, B., Nov 2015, In: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 102, 5, p. 1182-95 14 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    10. Published

      Processed meat intake and chronic disease morbidity and mortality: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

      Händel, M. N., Cardoso, I., Rasmussen, K. M., Rohde, J. F., Jacobsen, Ramune, Nielsen, S. M., Christensen, R. & Heitmann, Berit, 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 10, 20 p., e0223883.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    11. Published

      Effects of the Healthy Start randomized intervention trial on physical activity among normal weight preschool children predisposed to overweight and obesity

      Händel, M. N., Larsen, S. C., Rohde, J. F., Stougård, Maria, Olsen, N. J. & Heitmann, Berit, 9 Oct 2017, In: PLOS ONE. 12, 10, p. 1-14 14 p., e0185266.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    12. Published

      Neonatal vitamin D status from archived dried blood spots and future risk of fractures in childhood: results from the D-tect study, a population-based case-cohort study

      Händel, M. N., Frederiksen, P., Cohen, A., Cooper, C., Heitmann, Berit & Abrahamsen, B., Jul 2017, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 106, 1, p. 155-161 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    13. Published

      Processed Meat Consumption and the Risk of Cancer: A Critical Evaluation of the Constraints of Current Evidence from Epidemiological Studies

      Händel, M. N., Rohde, J. F., Jacobsen, Ramune & Heitmann, Berit, 2021, In: Nutrients. 13, 10, 9 p., 3601.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    14. Published

      Prenatal exposure to vitamin D from fortified margarine and risk of fractures in late childhood: period and cohort results from 222 000 subjects in the D-tect observational study

      Händel, M. N., Frederiksen, P., Osmond, C., Cooper, C., Abrahamsen, B. & Heitmann, Berit, 28 Mar 2017, In: British Journal of Nutrition. 117, 6, p. 872-881 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    15. Published

      Do energy density and dietary fiber influence subsequent 5-year weight changes in adult men and women?

      Iqbal, S. I., Helge, Jørn Wulff & Heitmann, Berit, 2006, In: Obesite. 14, 1, p. 106-114 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    16. Published

      Do energy density and dietary fiber influence subsequent 5-year weight changes in adult men and women?

      Iqbal, S. I., Helge, Jørn Wulff & Heitmann, Berit, Jan 2006, In: Obesity. 14, 1, p. 106-14 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    17. Published

      Vitamin D in early life and later risk of multiple sclerosis-A systematic review, meta-analysis

      Ismailova, K., Poudel, P., Parlesak, A., Frederiksen, P. & Heitmann, Berit, 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 8, 18 p., e0221645.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    18. Published

      Vitamin D fortification and seasonality of birth in type 1 diabetic cases: D-tect study

      Jacobsen, R., Moldovan, M., Vaag, Allan, Hypponen, E. & Heitmann, Berit, Feb 2016, In: Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 7, 1, p. 114-119 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    19. Published

      Exposure to sunshine early in life prevented development of type 1 diabetes in Danish boys

      Jacobsen, Ramune, Frederiksen, P. & Heitmann, Berit, Apr 2016, In: Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. 29, 4, p. 417-424 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    20. Published

      The influence of early exposure to vitamin D for development of diseases later in life

      Jacobsen, Ramune, Abrahamsen, B., Bauerek, M. J., Holst, C., Jensen, C. B., Knop, J., Raymond, K., Rasmussen, L. B., Stougård, Maria, S�rensen, T. I. A., Vaag, Allan & Heitmann, Berit, 2013, In: B M C Public Health. 13, 8 p., 515.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    21. Published

      Gestational and Early Infancy Exposure to Margarine Fortified with Vitamin D through a National Danish Programme and the Risk of Type 1 Diabetes: The D-Tect Study

      Jacobsen, Ramune, Hypponen, E., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Vaag, Allan & Heitmann, Berit, 2015, In: PloS one. 10, 6, p. 1-11 11 p., e0128631.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    22. Published

      Neonatal vitamin D status is not associated with later risk of type 1 diabetes: results from two large Danish population-based studies

      Jacobsen, Ramune, Thorsen, S. U., Cohen, A. S., Lundqvist, M., Frederiksen, P., Pipper, C. B., Pociot, Flemming, Thygesen, L. C., Ascherio, A., Svensson, Jannet & Heitmann, Berit, Sep 2016, In: Diabetologia. 59, 9, p. 1871-1881 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    23. Published

      The Copenhagen Primary Care Laboratory Pregnancy (CopPreg) database

      Janbek, Janet, Kriegbaum, Margit, Grand, Mia Klinten, Specht, I. O., Lind, B. S., Andersen, C. L. & Heitmann, Berit, 2020, In: BMJ Open. 10, 5, 11 p., e034318.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    24. Published

      A systematic literature review of the relation between iron status/anemia in pregnancy and offspring neurodevelopment

      Janbek, Janet, Sarki, M., Specht, I. O. & Heitmann, Berit, 2019, In: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 73, 12, p. 1561-1578 18 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    25. Published

      Associations between vitamin D status in pregnancy and offspring neurodevelopment: a systematic literature review

      Janbek, Janet, Specht, I. O. & Heitmann, Berit, 2019, In: Nutrition Reviews. 77, 5, p. 330-349 20 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    26. Published

      Biomarkers of Whole-Grain and Cereal-Fiber Intake in Human Studies: A Systematic Review of the Available Evidence and Perspectives

      Jawhara, M., Sørensen, S. B., Heitmann, Berit & Andersen, V., 2019, In: Nutrients. 11, 12, 32 p., 2994.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    27. Published

      The relation between red meat and whole-grain intake and the colonic mucosal barrier: A cross-sectional study

      Jawhara, M., Sørensen, S. B., Heitmann, Berit, Halldórsson, Þ. I., Kristian Pedersen, A. & Andersen, V., 2020, In: Nutrients. 12, 6, p. 1-18 18 p., 1765.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    28. Published

      Chances of live birth after exposure to vitamin D-fortified margarine in women with fertility problems: results from a Danish population-based cohort study

      Jensen, A., Nielsen, M. L., Guleria, S., Kjær, Susanne Krüger, Heitmann, Berit & Kesmodel, U. S., 2020, In: Fertility and Sterility. 113, 2, p. 383-391 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    29. Published

      Response to 'Prenatal exposure to vitamin-D from fortified margarine and milk and body size at age 7 years'

      Jensen, C. B., Stougård, M., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Heitmann, Berit, Sep 2016, In: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 70, 9, p. 1092 1 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

    30. Published

      Prenatal exposure to vitamin-D from fortified margarine and milk and body size at age 7 years

      Jensen, C. B., Gamborg, Michael Orland, Berentzen, T. L., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Heitmann, Berit, 2015, In: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 69, 10, p. 1169-75 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    31. Published

      Neonatal Vitamin D Levels in Relation to Risk of Overweight at 7 Years in the Danish D-Tect Case-Cohort Study

      Jensen, C. B., Lundqvist, M., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Heitmann, Berit, Jun 2017, In: Obesity Facts. 10, 3, p. 273-283 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    32. Published

      No seasonality of birth in BMI at 7 years of age

      Jensen, C. B., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Heitmann, Berit, 2016, In: Early Human Development. 103, p. 129-131 3 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    33. Published

      High dietary intake of saturated fat is associated with reduced semen quality among 701 young Danish men from the general population

      Jensen, T. K., Heitmann, Berit, Jensen, Martin Blomberg, Halldorsson, T. I., Andersson, A. M., Skakkebœk, N. E., Joensen, Ulla Nordström, Lauritsen, M. P., Christiansen, P., Dalgård, C., Lassen, T. H. & Jørgensen, N., 1 Feb 2013, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 97, 2, p. 411-418 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    34. Published

      Association Between Use of Cannabis in Adolescence and Weight Change into Midlife

      Jin, L. Z., Rangan, A., Mehlsen, J., Andersen, L. B., Larsen, S. C. & Heitmann, Berit, 6 Jan 2017, In: PLOS ONE. 12, p. 1-11 11 p., e0168897.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    35. Published

      Concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D from neonatal dried blood spots and the relation to gestational age, birth weight and Ponderal Index: the D-tect study

      Keller, A., Handel, M. N., Frederiksen, P., Jacobsen, Ramune, Cohen, A. S., McGrath, J. J. & Heitmann, Berit, 2018, In: British Journal of Nutrition. 119, 12, p. 1416-1423 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    36. Sugar-sweetened beverages, vascular risk factors and events: a systematic literature review

      Keller, A., Heitmann, Berit & Olsen, N., May 2015, In: Public Health Nutrition. 18, 7, p. 1145-1154 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    37. Published

      Substitution of sugar-sweetened beverages for other beverages and the risk of developing coronary heart disease: Results from the Harvard Pooling Project of Diet and Coronary Disease

      Keller, A., O'Reilly, E. J., Malik, V., Buring, J. E., Andersen, Ingelise, Steffen, L., Robien, K., Männistö, S., Rimm, E. B., Willett, W. & Heitmann, Berit, 2020, In: Preventive Medicine. 131, 105970.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    38. Published

      Environmental and individual predictors of 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in Denmark measured from neonatal dried blood spots: the D-tect study

      Keller, A., Frederiksen, P., Händel, M. N., Jacobsen, Ramune, McGrath, J. J., Cohen, A. S. & Heitmann, Berit, 2019, In: The British Journal of Nutrition. 121, 5, p. 567-575 25 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    39. Published

      The role of vitamin d in the development of diabetes post gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic literature review

      Keller, A., Vazquez, C. V., Dangol, R., Damm, Peter, Heitmann, Berit & Händel, M. N., 2020, In: Nutrients. 12, 6, p. 1-17 17 p., 1733.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    40. Published
    41. Published

      In utero exposure to extra vitamin D from food fortification and the risk of subsequent development of gestational diabetes: the D-tect study

      Keller, A., Stougård, Maria, Frederiksen, P., Thorsteinsdottir, F., Vaag, A., Damm, Peter, Jacobsen, Ramune & Heitmann, Berit, 2018, In: Nutrition Journal. 17, 9 p., 100.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    42. Published

      Vitamin D concentrations from neonatal dried blood spots and the risk of early-onset type 2 diabetes in the Danish D-tect case-cohort study

      Keller, A., Thorsteinsdottir, F., Stougård, Maria, Cardoso, I., Frederiksen, P., Cohen, A. S., Vaag, Allan, Jacobsen, Ramune & Heitmann, Berit, 2021, In: Diabetologia. 64, p. 1572–1582

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    43. Published

      Lower risk of hip fractures among Swedish women with large hips?

      Klingberg, S., Mehlig, K., Sundh, V., Heitmann, Berit & Lissner, L., 2018, In: Osteoporosis International. 29, 4, p. 927-935 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    44. Published

      Loss of height predicts total and cardiovascular mortality: a cohort study of northern European women

      Klingberg, S., Mehlig, K., Dangol, R., Bjorkelund, C., Heitmann, Berit & Lissner, L., 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 8, 8 p., 049122.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    45. Published

      Maternal exposure to airborne polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and risk of adverse birth outcomes

      Kofoed, A. B., Deen, L., Hougaard, Karin Sørig, Petersen, K. U., Meyer, H. W., Pedersen, E. B., Ebbehoj, N. E., Heitmann, Berit, Bonde, Jens Peter & Tottenborg, S. S., 2021, In: European Journal of Epidemiology. 36, p. 861–872 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    46. Published

      Hair dyeing, hair washing and hair cortisol concentrations among women from the healthy start study

      Kristensen, S. K., Larsen, S. C., Olsen, N. J., Fahrenkrug, J. & Heitmann, Berit, Mar 2017, In: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 77, p. 182-185 4 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

    47. Published

      Intake of total dietary sugar and fibre is associated with insulin resistance among Danish 8–10- and 14–16-year-old girls but not boys. European Youth Heart Studies I and II

      Kynde, I., Johnsen, N. F., Wedderkopp, N., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Helge, Jørn Wulff & Heitmann, Berit, 1 Oct 2010, In: Public Health Nutrition. 13, 10, p. 1669-74 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    48. Published

      Dietary carbohydrates and change in physical performance of elderly Europeans: Survey in Europe on Nutrition and the Elderly, a Concerted Action (SENECA) 1993 and 1999

      Kynde, I., Bjørnsbo, K. S., Tetens, Inge & Heitmann, Berit, 2010, In: Public Health Nutrition. 13, 8, p. 1186-1190 5 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    49. Published

      Intake of total dietary sugar and fibre is associated with insulin resistance among Danish 8-10- and 14-16-year-old girls but not boys. European Youth Heart Studies I and II

      Kynde, I., Johnsen, N. F., Wedderkopp, N., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Helge, Jørn Wulff & Heitmann, Berit, 2010, In: Public Health Nutrition. 13, 10, p. 1669-74

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    50. Published

      Missing portion sizes in FFQ: alternatives to use of standard portions

      Køster-Rasmussen, Rasmus, Siersma, Volkert Dirk, Halldorson, T. I., Olivarius, Niels de Fine, Henriksen, J. E. & Heitmann, Berit, Aug 2015, In: Public Health Nutrition. 18, 11, p. 1914-1921 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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