Background: Body composition and energy metabolism assessments are central to nutrition care but remain underused. This study evaluated dietitians’ access, use, education, and beliefs toward these assessments, and the impact of an educational session. Methods: Dietitians (≥1 year experience) within Alberta …

Background & aims: Body composition and energy metabolism (BC and EM) assessments inform patients’ nutritional status and allow the identification, diagnosis, and management of core nutritional problems. However, a structured approach or care model for integrating these assessments into the nutrition …

Background & aims: Sarcopenia is defined as the age-related loss in muscle quantity and quality which is associated with physical disability. The assessment of muscle quantity plays a role in the diagnosis of sarcopenia. However, the methods used for this assessment have many disadvantages in daily practice …

In face of climate change and urbanization, the need for thermally comfortable outdoor urban spaces is increasing. In the design of the thermally comfortable urban spaces and decision making about interventions that enhance thermal comfort, scientists and professionals that work for cities use meteorological …

Het rapport vat de resultaten samen van het onderzoek Hitteproef in woningen dat tot doel heeft meer inzicht te krijgen in de koelbehoefte van woningen en de factoren die van invloed zijn op oververhitting van woningen. Om dit te doen hebben de Hogeschool van Amsterdam en Tauw in samenwerking met het …

Afgelopen zomer was het heet. Als Meteorologica-lezer kent u de feiten waarschijnlijk wel. Nog nooit was in Nederland zo’n hoge temperatuur waargenomen. De zomergemiddelde temperatuur in De Bilt was 1.4 °C hoger dan normaal en tijdens de hittegolf van 22 tot 27 juli werden maximumtemperaturen gemeten …

This report summarizes the result of the comparison between 4 weather stations: 2 Kestrels 5400 Heat Stress and 2 Davis Vantage Pro2. The measurements were performed from the 08/04/2019 to 11/04/2019 on the rooftop of the Benno Premselahuis from the Hogeschool van Amsterdam.

The thermal walk investigates the influence of urban design on the thermal experience of pedestrians moving through a certain urban area. Thermal walks are often used by scientists to understand how residents experience heat in urban environments. However, thermal walks can also be beneficial to urban …

Hoe richten we de stad koel en hittebestendig in? Stadsontwerpers proberen daar vaak vanachter hun bureau oplossingen voor te bedenken op basis van kaarten, schetsen en berekeningen. Daar kan nu de 'thermal walk' aan worden toegevoegd: zelf al wandelend hitte meten en ervaren.