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Association of physical activity, waist circumference and body mass index with subjective health among Belgian adults.
Questionnaire. RESULTS: In total, 3208 individuals (49.9% women) were included in the study. About 41.3% of the Belgian population did not meet the minimum recommendations for PA, whereas 24.8% of the population ...
Iodine deficiency among Belgian pregnant women not fully corrected by iodine-containing multivitamins: a national cross-sectional survey.
dysfunction in pregnant women and their newborn. In the present study, iodine status among a nation-wide representative sample of Belgian pregnant women in the first and third trimester of pregnancy was ...
Iron status and its determinants in a nationally representative sample of pregnant women.
status and its determinants were assessed in a representative sample of Belgian pregnant women. Blood samples were collected and a questionnaire was completed face-to-face. Hemoglobin (Hb) and mean cell ...
Determinants of folate status in pregnant women: results from a national cross-sectional survey in Belgium.
fetus. Folate status was determined in a representative sample of Belgian pregnant women and determinants of folate status were assessed. SUBJECTS / METHODS: The women were selected using a multi-stage ...
Fortification of bread with iodized salt corrected iodine deficiency in school-aged children, but not in their mothers: a national cross-sectional survey in Belgium.
bread with iodized salt corrected iodine deficiency in Belgian children, but not in their mothers. To provide these women with an adequate iodine intake, the use of both iodized salt in bread and iodized ...
High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women: a national cross-sectional survey.
Keywords: Adult Belgium cross-sectional studies Female health surveys Humans middle aged Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications Pregnant women prevalence Vitamin D Vitamin D Deficiency Abstract: An increasing ...
Neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone concentrations in Belgium: a useful indicator for detecting mild iodine deficiency?
spring or autumn and significantly lower in spring and summer than in autumn while significantly higher in spring compared to summer. In conclusion, despite that pregnant women in Belgium are mildly iodine ...
Overall and within-food group diversity are associated with dietary quality in Belgium.
the age of 15 years and older was randomly selected from the National Register using a multistage stratified procedure. RESULTS: For both men and women, total dietary diversity score increased with age ...
Estimate of total salt intake in two regions of Belgium through analysis of sodium in 24-h urine samples.
Flanders (n=114) was 4.29±1.29 g/day, whereas in the Walloon region (n=135) it was 3.94±1.44 g/day. In both regions, sodium intake in men was higher than in women. CONCLUSION: Salt intake was more or less ...
Eating out of home in Belgium: current situation and policy implications.
https://www.sciensano.be/en/biblio/eating-out-home-belgium-current-situation-and-policy-implications
Out-of-home eating was more common among men than women and decreased with increasing age. There were considerable differences in portion sizes, consumption frequency of different foods and diversity of meals ...