Raspberries are high-valuable soft fruit for growers. But it is even more interesting for them to grow during wintertime when weather as in Portugal is still favorable, as the offer is low on the market and they can distinguish really easily and sell raspberries at high prices. ‘Sapphire’ is currently …

Purpose – Self-efficacy has often been found to play a significant role in healthy dietary behaviours. However, self-efficacy interventions most often consist of intensive interventions. The authors aim to provide more insight into the effect of brief self-efficacy interventions on healthy dietary behaviours. Design/methodology/approach …

Inleiding Gedurende ziekenhuisopname is door ziekte, immobilisatie en verminderde energie- en eiwitinname door voeding gerelateerde klachten een hogere kans op spierafbraak. In deze studie is onderzocht wat de noodzaak is van tussentijdse verstrekkingen voor het behalen van de individuele energie- en …

Nutrition is one of the modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia, and is therefore highly relevant in the context of prevention. However, knowledge of dietary quality in clinical populations on the spectrum of AD dementia is lacking, therefore we studied the …

Fruit en landschap, dan denk je misschien aan de Betuwe, waar fruitteeltbedrijven zich aaneenrijgen. Van oudsher was het rivierenlandschap rijk aan fruit en noten, en dan vooral op de hogere gronden, dichtbij de dijk, zodat menig boerderij en dijkhuis weelderig door fruit- en notenbomen omringd was. …

This paper details the lessons learned in the process of setting up a new open access (OA) journal from scratch. The Journal of the European Honors Council (JEHC) was started in 2016, published its first issue in 2017, and is currently publishing its fifth issue. The development of JEHC is described …

In 2018 kampten 15,8% van de jongeren tussen de twee en vijfentwintig jaar met overgewicht waarvan 12,8% matig overgewicht en 3% ernstig overgewicht had (CBS, 2019). Ten opzichte van 2000 is het percentage overgewicht bij jongeren gestegen met 3,3% (CBS, 2019). Jongeren met overgewicht hebben meer kans …

Background: Parents influence their children’s nutrition behavior. The relationship between parental influences and children’s nutrition behavior is often studied with a focus on the dyadic interaction between the parent and the child. However, parents and children are part of a broader system: the family. …

Waste disposal management and the energy crisis are important challenges facing most countries. The fruit-processing industry generates daily several tons of wastes, of which the major share comes from banana farms. Anaerobic digestion (AD) technology has been applied to the treatment of wastewater, …

Vijf jaar geleden heeft de provincie Drenthe in het kader van een gezamenlijke zoektocht naar een energieneutraal Drenthe de Hanzehogeschool Groningen opdracht gegeven om de sociale kant van de energietransitie te onderzoeken. Vragen die in de verschillende studies centraal stonden, waren onder andere: …