Nutritional habits, Physical Activity and Pubic Health Issues

-Is religious fasting related to iron status in Greek Orthodox Christians? Sarri KO, Kafatos AG, Higgins S. Br J Nutrition 2005 Aug; 94(2):198-203.
-The Seven Countries Study in Crete: olive oil, Mediterranean diet or fasting? Sarri K, Kafatos A. Public Health Nutr. 2005 Sep;8(6):666.
-“Are religions “healthy?” A review on religious recommendations on diet and lifestyle.Sarri K, Higgins S, Kafatos A. J Hum Ecology Special Issue 2006; No14:7-20.
-Metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents in Crete, Greece, and association with diet quality and physical fitness.Linardakis M, Bertsias G, Sarri K, Papadaki A, Kafatos A. Journal of Public Health 2008, 16;6:421-428.
-Does the periodic vegetarianism of Greek Orthodox Christians benefit blood pressure?Sarri K, Linardakis M, Codrington C, Kafatos A. Prev Med. 2007 Apr;44(4):341-8.
-Sugar-added beverages consumption among kindergarten children of Crete: effects on nutritional status and risk of obesity. Linardakis M, Sarri K, Pateraki MS, Sbokos M, Kafatos A. BMC Public Health. 2008 Aug 6;8:279.
-Policy options for obesity in Europe: a comparison of public health specialists with other stakeholders. González-Zapata LI, Alvarez-Dardet C, Ortiz-Moncada R, Clemente V, Millstone E, Holdsworth M, Sarri K, Tarlao G, Horvath Z, Lobstein T, Savva S. Public Health Nutr. 2009 Jul;12(7):896-908.
-The effect of periodic vegetarianism on serum retinol and alpha-tocopherol levels. Sarri K, Bertsias G, Linardakis M, Tsibinos G, Tzanakis N, Kafatos A. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2009 Sep;79(5-6):271-80.
-Differences in food consumption according to weight status and physical activity levels among Greek children between 1992/93 and 2006/07. Smpokos EA, Linardakis M, Sarri K, Papadaki A, Theodorou AS, Kafatos A.D. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 2013 Jun;26(3):259-67.
-Relative validity of an FFQ for pre-school children in the mother-child ‘Rhea’ birth cohort in Crete, Greece. Leventakou V, Georgiou V, Chatzi L, Sarri K. Public Health Nutr. 2014 Mar 28:1-7.
-Clustering of chronic disease behavioral risk factors among adolescents in Crete (Greece): associations with biological factors and cardiorespiratory fitness levels. Smpokos E, Linardakis M, Papadaki A, Sarri K, Kafatos A. J Public Health 2014.
-Are religiosity and prayer use related with multiple behavioural risk factors for chronic diseases in European adults aged 50+ years? M. Linardakis, A. Papadaki, E. Smpokos, K. Sarri, M. Vozikaki, A. Philalithis. Journal of Public Health 2015 Public Health 2015;129:436-443
-Early life determinants of dietary patterns in preschool children: Rhea mother-child cohort, Crete, Greece. V. Leventakou, K. Sarri, V. Georgiou, V. Chatzea, E. Frouzi, A. Kastelianou, A. Gatzou, M. Kogevinas, and L. Chatzi. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2016 Jan;70(1):60-5.
-Cohort Profile: The Mother-Child Cohort in Crete, Greece (Rhea Study). Chatzi L, Leventakou V, Vafeiadi M, Koutra K, Roumeliotaki T, Chalkiadaki G, Karachaliou M, Daraki V, Kyriklaki A, Kampouri M, Fthenou E, Sarri K, Vassilaki M, Fasoulaki M, Bitsios P, Koutis A, Stephanou EG, Kogevinas M. Int J Epidemiol. 2017 Oct 1;46(5):1392-1393k.
-Low maternal vitamin D status in pregnancy increases the risk of childhood obesity. Daraki V, Roumeliotaki T, Chalkiadaki G, Katrinaki M, Karachaliou M, Leventakou V, Vafeiadi M, Sarri K, Vassilaki M, Papavasiliou S, Kogevinas M, Chatzi L. Pediatr Obes. 2018 Jan 28. doi:10.1111/ijpo.12267