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Iron Deficiency Is a Risk Factor for Thyroid Dysfunction During Pregnancy: A Population-Based Study in Belgium
concentrations (UIC s) were measured and body iron stores (BIS) were calculated. Results: Median UIC s were 117 and 132 μg/L in the first and third trimesters of pregnancy, respectively (p < 0.05). The ...
The Cost of Diets According to Nutritional Quality and Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Population-Based Assessment in Belgium
adults (aged 18 to 64 years; n = 1,158) included in the 2014-2015 Belgian National Food Consumption Survey. Main outcome measures: Dietary assessment was based on two 24-hour dietary recalls and a food ...
Food insecurity and its association with changes in nutritional habits among adults during the COVID-19 confinement measures in Belgium.
and for adults who often or sometimes were not able to afford a healthy diet. CONCLUSION: Food insecurity during the COVID-19 confinement measures in Belgium was associated with adverse changes in most ...
Carry-over of some Fusarium mycotoxins in tissues and eggs of chickens fed experimentally mycotoxin-contaminated diets
at a very low degree, thus marginally contribute to the total dietary intake of these fusariotoxins for consumers. Nevertheless, taking precautionary measures in the field, harvest, transport and ...
AdHealth: a feasibility study to measure digital food marketing to adolescents through Facebook.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: B Kidd; S Mackay; B Swinburn; C Lutteroth; Stefanie Vandevijvere Source: Public Health Nutr (2020) Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To test the feasibility of a browser extension to estimate the exposure of ...
Uptake of Nutri-Score during the first year of implementation in Belgium.
recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of a suite of measures needed to improve population diets. The voluntary Nutri-Score FOP labeling system, which was first implemented in France, was ...
Implementation of healthy food environment policies to prevent nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in Ghana: National experts' assessment of government action.
actions, which will require legislation and leadership. The findings provide a baseline for measuring government progress towards implementing effective policies to prevent NR- NCD s. Health Topics: Food ...
Development and Validation of a UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS Method for Quantification of Oleandrin and Other Cardiac Glycosides and Evaluation of Their Levels in Herbs and Spices from the Belgian Market
was good with calculated R² values above 0.997. The expanded measurement uncertainty was estimated to be in the range of 7–37%. The LC- MS / MS method was used to examine 65 samples of culinary herbs ...
Physicochemical Characterization of the Pristine E171 Food Additive by Standardized and Validated Methods.
spectrometry (spICP- MS). The evaluation of selected sample preparation protocols allowed identifying and optimizing the critical factors that determine the measurement of the particle size distribution by TEM. ...
Detection strategy targeting a chloramphenicol resistance gene from genetically modified bacteria in food and feed products
AMR gene acquisition. This strategy allows thus to support the competent authorities regarding the measures to be taken in case of unexpected DNA contaminations from such GMM in commercialized microbial ...