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Browsing Research Articles (Human Nutrition) by Issue Date
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(Water Research Council, 2007-06)In South Africa, both under- and over-nutrition exist. At national level, more than half of the females are either overweight or obese, while children suffer from under-nutrition. Childhood malnutrition starts early in ...
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(Water Research Council, 2007-06)In this article the term 'African leafy vegetables' was adopted to refer to the collective of plant species which are used as leafy vegetables and which are referred to as morogo or imifino by African people in South Africa. ...
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(Water Research Council, 2007-06)Promoting household food security and reducing malnutrition rates of a growing population with the same amount of water is a challenge facing South African nutritionists and agriculturalists alike. Apart from non-food ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2008)BACKGROUND: Faced with an extensive array of various children’s multi-nutrient supplements, all with their ‘unique’ properties and formulation, mothers are expected to select one that best meets their children’s needs. ...
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(University of Johannesburg, 2008-06)Please refer to abstract in article
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2008-09)OBJECTIVE: To determine if there was a relationship between CD4 cell count, nutritional status and self-reported quality of life (QoL) in HIV-infected adults. DESIGN: Descriptive study in the quantitative research ...
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(Water Research Council, 2009-01)This paper gives an overview of human water requirements (Part 1) and water quality for nutritional health (Part 2). A balance between water input and water output is needed to maintain a normal hydration status. Water ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011)BACKGROUND: South African dietitians are confronted with the challenge of effectively marketing themselves as a sound source of information on nutrition to both the public and other health professionals. The marketing ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011)Surgery patients are at risk for iatrogenic malnutrition and subsequent deleterious effects. The benefits of nutrition support on patient outcomes have been demonstrated and the possible benefit of perioperative nutrition ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011-03)The patient, a full-term male infant, was born during a normal vaginal delivery on 7 August, 2010, and admitted to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with gastroschisis. He was the second child of a 20-year-old ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012)OBJECTIVE: The objective was to investigate the absolute micronutrient intake and the possibility of micronutrient dilution of added sugar in the diets of an African population in nutritional transition. DESIGN: A ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2012)Diabetes self-management education is crucial in diabetes care. Education that is tailored to the needs of the patient is considered the most effective in improving health outcomes. Diet, a critical element of diabetes ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012)The case study has been adapted from the original case discussion at the South African Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (SASPEN) 2011 Congress held at Diep-in-die-Berg, Pretoria. A summarised discussion of the ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012-11)BACKGROUND. Although Botswana is a middle-income country, undernutrition among children younger than 5 years of age is still seen in various parts of the country. There is little information on the clinical and anthropometric ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013)No abstract available.
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2014)Optimal nutrition knowledge is necessary for healthy dietary behaviours to occur. Nutrition knowledge, attitudes and dietary practices (KAP) scores for learners have been variously reported in literature, however with ...
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(Emerald, 2014)PURPOSE – The aim of this review is to critically assess published articles on school-based nutrition education (NE) intervention to identify factors hindering or contributing to the success of interventions. School-based ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014)Nutrition care is not always recognised as a patient safety issue. This article explores the origins of the patient safety initiative and seeks to identify possible connections between nutrition care and patient safety. ...
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(Elsevier, 2014-02)Nutrient content and potential contribution of one average portion towards nutritional requirements (recommended dietary allowance; RDA) of eight African leafy vegetables (ALVs) was determined. Compared to dark-green ...
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(African Scholary Science Communications Trust, 2014-04)Breastfeeding has profound benefits for the child and has always been the gold standard for infant feeding. It is also an integral part in the physiologic completion of the reproductive cycle of mammals, including humans ...
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