Efforts to involve consumers in the transition towards sustainable diets often presume a degree of reflexivity on the concepts of health and sustainability in the minds of consumers ‘doing healthy and sustainable food’. Departing from the hypothesis that people with type 2 diabetes have been confronted …

Introduction A rapidly increasing patient group is older adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes. The risk of accelerated muscle loss is prominent in this patient group. This population could benefit from weight loss, at the cost of increased risk of muscle loss and sarcopenia. Previous studies showed …

De ‘grijze druk’ neemt in Nederland ieder jaar toe en dysfagie komt bij deze groep ouderen gemiddeld meer voor dan bij andere leeftijdsgroepen. Bij dysfagie kunnen zich problemen voordoen in één van de vier fasen van het slikproces. Een van de taken van de logopedist bij dysfagie is advies geven voor …

Hoe kan het Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis te Dordrecht, rondom de advisering van de aangepaste dranken en voeding binnen de Neurologieafdeling, IDDSI toepassen en implementeren ten opzichte van de huidige werkwijze?

Early links in the food web are crucial to sustain higher levels in the food web. Molecules of high importance, for example unsaturated fatty acids, play a key role in aquatic ecosystems. Unsaturated fatty acids are produced by primary producers for instance phytoplankton. Almost all organisms need to …

The municipality of Rotterdam has the ambition to realize a healthy city by 2020. A healthy diet is high on the list of priorities and the municipality is supporting initiatives to ensure that healthy food is available for resident of Rotterdam. The Oude Westen district in the city center of Rotterdam …

Abstract Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of the estimated 11–25 years reduced life expectancy for persons with serious mental illness (SMI). This excess cardiovascular mortality is primarily attributable to obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia. Obesity is associated …

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia might be a relevant lead for optimization of the condition of patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) before chemoradiotherapy (CRT) to prevent long-term functional swallowing impairment, such as feeding tube dependency. METHODS: Regression analyses were performed to assess the …

Occasion – The Hanze University and Diponegoro University started a collaboration in 2015, focusing on community health centre ‘Pudak Payung’. It became clear that there is a need for knowledge and experience, relating to health promotion, which focuses on non-communicable diseases (NCD’s) in the community …