Background & aim Adequate protein intake is essential during recovery from illness to prevent complications such as malnutrition, sarcopenia, and delayed wound healing. Mobile applications may support self-monitoring and early detection of inadequate intake. This study evaluated the concurrent validity …

Objectives The Weight Stigma Exposure Inventory (WeSEI) is a newly developed tool that assesses observed weight stigma across different sources (i.e., interpersonal and non-interpersonal sources). Although the WeSEI is considered a useful instrument for assessing observed weight stigma, it has not been …

OBJECTIVES:  To counteract sarcopenia in non-Western migrant older adults, lifestyle interventions with increased physical activity and adequate dietary protein intake are promising. However, regular community-based lifestyle interventions often lack a culture-sensitive approach. The aim of this study …

Background: In the Netherlands, primary care dietitians are the preferred health care professionals for weight management in patients living with overweight and obesity. A clinically relevant weight loss of ≥5% is associated with positive health outcomes. However, a significant proportion of patients …

Objective Hemodialysis (HD) patients face challenges in upholding dietary compliance. This study aimed to compare dietary intake against disease-specific guidelines. Secondary, to assess the overall diet quality and to explore the association between dietary potassium intake and serum potassium concentrations. …

Background and Purpose: Physiotherapists in nursing homes perform a diversity of roles and tasks. But the delivery of physiotherapy services varies widely between organizations and between individual physiotherapists. This depends on both organizational and personal factors. This study aims to investigate …

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 …

Objective: Motor competence development from early to middle childhood is accompanied by great variance. This course can be influenced by many factors in the ecosystem. The objective of this study was to examine which individual characteristics are associated with an undesirable motor competence development …

OBJECTIVE: Motor competence development from early to middle childhood is accompanied by great variance. This course can be influenced by many factors in the ecosystem. The objective of this study was to examine which individual characteristics are associated with an undesirable motor competence development …