INTRODUCTION: In Europe, cancer is one of the predominant causes of mortality and morbidity among older people aged over 65. A diagnosis of cancer can imply a negative impact on the quality of life of the older patients and their families. Despite research examining the impact of cancer on the family, …

Malnutrition has a negative impact on quality of life and survival in renal transplant recipients (RTR). Therefore, malnutrition detection is important in RTR, but this may be hampered by concomitant presence of weight gain and overweight. Recently, the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) …

How to encourage students to choose for a future in agrifood? Not like we always did. The labor market shows an increasing shortage. The agrifood sector plays a significant role in achieving global food security and environmental sustainability. Scholars hardly realize what they can contribute to these …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between integrated care and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a primary care practice population. DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey study. SETTING: Primary care practice population. PARTICIPANTS: A sample (n=5562) of patients in …

This open access book states that the endemic societal faultlines of our times are deeply intertwined and that they confront us with challenges affecting the security and sustainability of our societies. It states that new ways of inhabiting and cultivating our planet are needed to keep it healthy for …

Background: The support of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) rarely focused on motor activity, which might have negative consequences for the quality of life of these people. Evidence-based motor activity programs that present individually tailored and structural motor …

Vitamine D is een vetoplosbare vitamine dat van nature voorkomt in een aantal voedingsmiddelen, zoals vette vis, lever, eieren, vlees en melkproducten. Ook wordt er al decennialang vitamine D toegevoegd aan smeer- en bereidingsvetten. Vitamine D wordt geproduceerd door de huid onder invloed van ultraviolette …

Carnitine: iedereen heeft het, maar bijna niemand weet het. Wat is carnitine eigenlijk? Wat doet het en wat gebeurt er als het in meerdere of mindere mate aanwezig is in het lichaam? Zes studenten van de opleiding Food Commerce & Technology van Hogeschool Inholland deden, onder supervisie van een docent- …

Ondervoeding bij thuiswonende ouderen komt vaak voor en wordt meestal niet op tijd gesignaleerd. Gemiddeld is één op de drie tot vier zorgvragers in Nederland ondervoed. In verpleeghuizen is 15% ondervoed, in ziekenhuizen is dit 25% en binnen de thuiszorg leidt zo’n 33% van de ouderen aan ondervoeding. …

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