Aims To report the changes in nutritional status, nutrition-related complaints and risk of sarcopenia in individuals attending a primary care dietitian in the Netherlands after a COVID-19 infection. Methods The study was registered on the clinicaltrials.gov registry (NCT04735744). Nutritional status …

Hoe kun je als diëtist (digitale) tools inzetten om zorg beter af te stemmen op de behoeften van cliënten met obesitas? In deze interactieve workshop maak je kennis met nieuw ontwikkelde digitale toolbox boordevol praktische handvatten voor persoonsgerichte dieetbehandeling. De toolbox is ontwikkeld …

Dietetics, building the future is een vierjarig landelijk ZonMw-onderzoeksproject gericht op het verbeteren van de effectiviteit van de dieetbehandeling van mensen met obesitas en co-morbiditeit. Cliënten met overgewicht en obesitas vormen de grootste groep binnen de eerstelijns diëtistenpraktijk. Om …

Malnutrition is an alarming and ongoing healthcare problem globally. Malnutrition has a negative impact on the individual patient, leading to poorer clinical outcomes and increased mortality, but also poses an economic burden on society. Proper identification and diagnostics are prerequisites for initiation …

Interprofessional Education (IPE) as a preparatory stage for Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) is overlooked in some low-and middle-income countries, including Indonesia. One of the driving forces behind IPC is the development of Interprofessional Identity (IPI), which has yet to be assessed in the …

Eerder onderzoek heeft aangetoond dat 45% van de cliënten met obesitas en co morbiditeit hun diëtistische behandeling vroegtijdig beëindigt, zonder hun behandeldoel te behalen. De visie van de cliënt op dit probleem is tot op heden nog niet gehoord, terwijl dit perspectief hiervoor juist de oplossing …

BACKGROUND: The nutritional problems of patients who are hospitalised for COVID-19 are becoming increasingly clear. However, a large group of patients have never been hospitalised and also appear to experience persistent nutritional problems. The present study describes the nutritional status, risk of …

Background Promoting physical activity (PA) in patients during and/or after an inpatient stay appears important but challenging. Interventions using activity trackers seem promising to increase PA and enhance recovery of physical functioning. Objective To review the effectiveness of physical activity …

Increasing flexibilisation and personalisation of education creates challenges in terms of students’ social connectedness with each other, with the programme and with lecturers. For this reason, a team of researchers and professors from four universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands carried …

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Patients with COVID-19 infection presents with a broad clinical spectrum of symptoms and complications. As a consequence nutritional requirements are not met, resulting in weight- and muscle loss, and malnutrition. The aim of the present study is to delineate nutritional complaints, …