Malnutrition, especially among the elderly in the healthcare environment, is a prevalent problem in The Netherlands, affecting both patients and the healthcare budget. Although oral nutritional supplements (ONS) are often used to restore the nutritional status of a patient, the evaluated current available …

Obesity and other lifestyle-related diseases are, amongst others, the result of an unbalanced diet and lifestyle. Excessive intake of energy, salt, saturated fat and sugar are leading to increased risk of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes (WHO/FAO). Therefore, a healthier …

Ondervoeding bij de steeds groter wordende groep ouderen leidt tot hogere zorgkosten. In het afgelopen halfjaar heeft een student van de opleiding Health Food Innovation management (Universiteit Maastricht) in opdracht van het lectoraat Voeding en Gezondheid van de HAS Hogeschool daarom een kwalitatief …

Rationale: The Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) is a validated instrument to assess and monitor malnutrition, which consists of both patient-reported and professional-reported items. A professional should be able to correctly interpret all items. Untrained professionals may experience …

Rationale: The Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) is a validated instrument to assess malnutrition and its risk factors in clinical populations. Its patient component, PG-SGA Short Form (SF), can be used as screening instrument. In this cross-sectional study we aimed to assess agreement …

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 …

De aanleiding voor het schrijven van dit onderzoek is de onduidelijkheid over de rol van sportinnovatie binnen de Gelderse sporteconomie. Vanuit het Sport Economics Research Centre werd er gezocht naar meer duidelijkheid over dit onderwerp, aansluitend op het eerder uitgevoerde onderzoek in samenwerking …

This article focuses on the opportunities and challenges Dutch Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the food and beverage industry are facing with respect to innovation in food and health. An online questionnaire was developed to give an overview on attitudes and activities of SMEs with respect …

Onderzoeksvraag: Welke behandelingsvorm van een hechtingsprobleem past binnen de residentiële instelling Horizon Jeugdzorg, locatie MKT Oostvoorne en welke tools hebben de gedragswetenschappers en pedagogisch medewerkers nodig om deze behandeling te doen slagen?

Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) may be used to assess fat free mass (FFM) with reasonable validity based on mean-level comparisons, but differences between BIA and DXA may vary by about 4 kg in an individual patient. These results require confirmation in a larger sample of HNC (Head and neck cancer) …