Background Fatness and fitness both influence cardiometabolic risk. Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate whether childhood fatness and increasing fatness from childhood to adolescence are associated with cardiometabolic risk during adolescence and how fitness affects this association. …

Background: Malnutrition is an important cause of the excessive morbidity and mortality rate of dialysis patients. Frequent nocturnal home hemodialysis (NHHD) has many benefits compared with conventional thrice-weekly hemodialysis (CHD), due to the virtual absence of dietary restrictions and a much higher …

ACHTERGROND: In Nederland neemt het aantal mensen met overgewicht toe. Deze mensen zijn onder andere in behandeling bij de fysiotherapeut. Het geven van advies alleen (Usual Care = UC) is soms onvoldoende om gewichtsverlies te bereiken. Motivational Interviewing (MI) kan mensen helpen …

Die Bachelorarbeit untersuchte den Zusammenhang von Körpergewichtsvariationen unter Berücksichtigung des Fettgehaltes auf selektierte Stimmparameter, für den es wissenschaftlich nahezu keine Antwort gab. Es wurden 3 Gewichtsgruppen aufgestellt, in denen die Extreme (Untergewicht und Adipositas) und das …

Overgewicht is een groeiend probleem. Enerzijds is de mens minder gaan bewegen. Anderzijds is het voedingspatroon drastisch veranderd. De moderne mens consumeert meer (verzadigd) vet, meer dierlijke eiwitten, minder voedingsvezels en minder plantaardige eiwitten. Voedingsvezels wekken de nodige interesse …

Background Physical activity after bariatric surgery is associated with sustained weight loss and improved quality of life. Some bariatric patients engage insufficiently in physical activity. The aim of this study was to examine whether and to what extent both physical activity and exercise cognitions …

Background Physical activity after bariatric surgery is associated with sustained weight loss and improved quality of life. Some bariatric patients engage insufficiently in physical activity. This may be due to exercise cognitions, i.e., specific beliefs about benefits of and barriers to physical exercise. …

Aankomen tijdens de zwangerschap is een natuurlijk en gezond verschijnsel. De gemiddelde gewichtstoename vanaf de conceptie tot het eind van de zwangerschap bedraagt ongeveer twaalf kilogram, uitgaande van een gezonde Body Mass Index (BMI). Overmatige gewichtstoename wordt gezien als toename van het …

Background: When the resting energy expenditure (REE) of overweight and obese adolescents cannot be measured by indirect calorimetry, it has to be predicted with an equation. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the validity of published equations for REE compared with indirect calorimetry …

To examine the association of adolescents' snack and soft drink consumption with friendship group snack and soft drink consumption, availability of snacks and soft drinks at school, and personal characteristics, snack and soft drink consumption was assessed in 749 adolescents (398 girls, 351 boys, age …