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Abnormal eating attitudes and weight-loss behaviour of adolescent girls attending a “traditional” Jewish high school in Johannesburg, South Africa
(MedPharm Publications, 2014-07)
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of abnormal eating attitudes and weight-loss behaviour in female Jewish adolescents. Teachers’ awareness of these factors and their attitudes towards a school programme ...
Food avoidance in irritable bowel syndrome leads to a nutrition-deficient diet
(MedPharm Publications, 2014-08)
Objective: The objective was to assess the dietary intake of subjects with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and to compare it to that of international recommendations. The hypothesising assumption of this study was that a ...
An investigation into utilising gestational body mass index as a screening tool for adverse birth outcomes and maternal morbidities in a group of pregnant women in Khayelitsha
(Medpharm Publications, 2013)
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of the gestational body mass index (BMI) method to screen for adverse birth outcomes and maternal morbidities.
Design: This was a substudy of a randomised ...
The association between tuberculosis and the development of insulin resistance in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis in the Western sub-district of the Cape Metropole region, South Africa : a combined cross-sectional, cohort study
(Biomed Central, 2017-08)
ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: The existence of a bi-directional relationship between tuberculosis (TB) and insulin resistance (IR)/
diabetes has been alluded to in literature. Although diabetes has been linked to increased ...
Immunonutrition : a South African perspective
(Medpharm Publications, 2012)
Clinical nutrition has evolved from providing nutrients to meet the patient’s needs to nutrition therapy that additionally aims to provide specific nutrients, or combinations thereof, which can reduce infection and improve ...
Job satisfaction of South African registered dietitians
(Medpharm Publications, 2012)
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the overall level of job satisfaction among South African registered dietitians and possible relationships between the influencing factors.
Design: The design was a ...
The problem of hospital malnutrition in the African continent
(MDPI, 2019)
This study aims to determine the prevalence of risk of malnutrition on admission and discharge in African hospitals, and to identify the association with selected indicators. In this multi-center prospective cohort study, ...
Staff and student health and wellness at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University : current status and needs assessment
(MedPharm Publications, 2017)
Background: Emphasis is currently placed on the importance of employee and student wellness initiatives. The aim was to assess staff and student health status at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Stellenbosch ...
Probiotic effect and dietary correlations on faecal microbiota profiles in irritable bowel syndrome
(Medpharm Publications, 2019)
Objective: Probiotics and nutrient intakes modulate gastrointestinal (GIT) microbiota and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The extent to which these factors influence the microbiota is relatively unknown. The ...
Micronutrient supplementation for critically ill adults : a systematic review of the evidence
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)
Background
Critical illness is associated with increased production of reactive oxygen species
and oxidative stress, and low levels of most micronutrients with resultant diminished
endogenous antioxidant defences. ...