Fonio (Digitaria exilis) in West Africa: Towards improving nutrient quality
Abstract
Hidden hunger affects a far greater percentage of the world’s population with iron and zinc deficiencies being the most common, particularly affecting women of reproductive age. The primary cause of the mineral and vitamin deficiencies in developing countries is in...
Background: Iodine deficiency (ID) during pregnancy has been recognized as a major cause of hypothyroidism and adverse health consequences in both mothers and children. Although urinary iodine concentration (UIC) in school-aged children is recommended as an indicator to assess ID in the general population, it may not be a good surrogate for direct...
Since the British doctor Ronald Ross received the 1902 Nobel Prize in medicine for his work on malaria, more people have died from the disease than all world wars combined. This is in spite of the fact that the French chemists Pierre Joseph Pelletier and Joseph Bienaimé Caventou made quinine available from as early as 1820. According to the World ...
Background: Biofortified yellow cassava has great potential to alleviate vitamin A deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa and can be used as a complementary approach to other interventions. However, direct evidence whether yellow cassava can significantly contribute to the vitamin A intake and status of populations is required. The overall aim of this t...
Recente resultaten uit Canadees onderzoek maken de oude fosfaatdiscussie uit de jaren zeventig weer actueel: de streefwaarde voor het fosfaatbladgehalte zou drastisch omhoog moeten. Dit zou leiden tot een hogere kwaliteitsproductie en betere resultaten in de lange bewaring. Daarvoor moet men onderzoeken hoe het fosfaatblad gehalte verhoogd kan word...
ABackground An elevated homocysteine level has been indicated as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, and fractures. Supplementation of vitamin B12 and folic acid in order to normalize homocysteine levels might be of substantial public health importance as this might reduce the risk for several age-related conditions. This ...
Keywords: dietary fibre, satiation, satiety, appetite, energy intake, body weight, viscosity, eating time, gastric emptying, fermentation.
Background and objective:Dietary fibre can contribute in the prevention of overweight and obesity. However, different classes of dietary fibre may have different effects on appetite and energy intake regulatio...
The aim of this thesis was to evaluate micronutrient intake and status of socioeconomic disadvantaged populations, such as from Central and Eastern European (CEE) as compared to other European populations, and low socioeconomic status (SES) groups as compared to high SES groups within European countries. We addressed the micronutrients that have b...
Within the policy supporting project "New market-oriented sustainable protein concepts" (BO-08-018.03-002), a literature study is performed to healthy fish alternatives. The research question was: "What is the nutritional importance of fish consumption, what are alternatives to fish, are there technological and legal barriers, and what are the limi...
De werking is getest van een flexibel geautomatiseerd meet- en regelsysteem voor de ammoniumgift (afhankelijk van de pH van de drain). Het effect is van de verhoogde ammoniumgift op de pH, de gewassamenstelling en gewasproductie is gemeten.
