PURPOSE: Several studies have reported seasonal variation in intake of food groups and certain nutrients. However, whether this could lead to a seasonal pattern of diet quality has not been addressed. We aimed to describe the seasonality of diet quality, and to examine the contribution of the food groups …

Efforts to involve consumers in the transition towards sustainable diets often presume a degree of reflexivity on the concepts of health and sustainability in the minds of consumers ‘doing healthy and sustainable food’. Departing from the hypothesis that people with type 2 diabetes have been confronted …

PURPOSE: To investigate the longitudinal association between the macronutrient composition of the diet and frailty. METHODS: Data were obtained from 5205 Dutch middle-aged and older adults participating in the Rotterdam Study. Frailty was measured using a frailty index based on the accumulation of 38 …

De ‘grijze druk’ neemt in Nederland ieder jaar toe en dysfagie komt bij deze groep ouderen gemiddeld meer voor dan bij andere leeftijdsgroepen. Bij dysfagie kunnen zich problemen voordoen in één van de vier fasen van het slikproces. Een van de taken van de logopedist bij dysfagie is advies geven voor …

Hoe kan het Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis te Dordrecht, rondom de advisering van de aangepaste dranken en voeding binnen de Neurologieafdeling, IDDSI toepassen en implementeren ten opzichte van de huidige werkwijze?

Early links in the food web are crucial to sustain higher levels in the food web. Molecules of high importance, for example unsaturated fatty acids, play a key role in aquatic ecosystems. Unsaturated fatty acids are produced by primary producers for instance phytoplankton. Almost all organisms need to …

The municipality of Rotterdam has the ambition to realize a healthy city by 2020. A healthy diet is high on the list of priorities and the municipality is supporting initiatives to ensure that healthy food is available for resident of Rotterdam. The Oude Westen district in the city center of Rotterdam …