Objective: To analyse time trends in overweight and obesity from 1991 to 2000 in samples of German children and to test the hypothesis of a trend difference between the samples from East and West Germany during this time period. Design: Repeated cross-sectional studies using data of 35 434 five to...

Background: Childhood obesity is a serious public health problem and epidemiological studies are important to identify predictive factors. It is the aim of this study to analyse factors associated with overweight/obesity in samples of German children. Methods: 35 434 five to seven year-old children ...

Papers on the general theme of "Concepts and future trends in food hygiene" are divided into sections on meat hygiene and slaughtering (with special reference to meat quality); food hygiene proper (particularly bacterial contamination); milk hygiene (8 contributions); and food legislation.

Milk samples were obtained between May 1987 and April 1988 from 50 premises in each of 4 districts of Bavaria. Aflatoxin was detected by a semi-quantitative ELISA (described in 1987 by A. Heusel in a Munich veterinary thesis) in 142 of 1465 samples (9.6%) in one district, 35 of 1533 (2.3%) in a...

This review is concerned with the occurrence of salmonella in milk and milk products, particularly in the German Federal Republic. It discusses heat treatment of milk and sources of recontamination of pasteurized milk with salmonella. The occurrence of salmonella in cheese, cultured milk products,...