Eén van de eerste uitdagingen voor een te vroeg geboren baby is het leren drinken uit fles of borst. Voor de meeste op tijd geboren kinderen levert dit geen problemen op, maar te vroeg geboren baby’s hebben meer moeite met het coördineren van het zuigen, slikken en ademen tijdens het drinken. Er zijn …

Introduction: Malnutrition is a persistent problem in Ghana, with high rates of underweight children, stunting and wasting. One of the NGOs that is trying to turn this situation around is Project Share. Through their nutrition centre, they have already rehabilitated over 300 children since 2009. They …

Presentation at University of Oslo - 27 November 2014.

Rationale: Inadequate operationalisation of the multidimensial concept of malnutrition may result in inadequate evaluation of nutritional status. In this review we aimed to assess content validity of methods used to assess malnutrition in cancer patients, according to domains directly derived from European …

Ondervoeding is een acute of chronische toestand waarbij een tekort of disbalans van energie, eiwit en andere voedingsstoffen leidt tot meetbare, nadelige effecten op lichaamssamenstelling, functioneren en klinische resultaten. Ondervoeding is een probleem dat niet alleen in derdewereldlanden voorkomt …

In order to update the data base of the department of health, Elsabe Nel, lecturer at the UWC asked us to research the prevalence of malnutrition at the five crèches in the region of Genadendal. The research question is: What is the prevalence of malnutrition among the children aged two to five years old …

The use of growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) has become widespread. It is a potential contributor towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals of halving hunger and reducing child mortality by two-thirds within 2015. Yet, GMP appears to be a prerequisite for good child health but several studies …

Background. In an ageing society cognitive decline is expected to become an important health problem. Previous studies showed that a healthy lifestyle, i.e. sufficient physical activity and a healthy diet,can benefit cognitive function. In this study, we aimed to assess the (synergistic) association …

OBJECTIVES: To compare the dietary intakes of Dutch nutrition and dietetics students with the Dutch RDA and the Dutch National Food Consumption Survey (DNFCS), and to assess whether dietary intake changes during education.DESIGN: Cross-sectional and longitudinal research (2004-2010).SETTING: Data collection …