Projects - dr.ir. RM (Renate) Winkels PhD
Projects of Renate Winkels
SoFIT study Randomised controlled trial for colorectal cancer survivors suffering from fatigue. The goal of the trial is to assess whether a personalized program to improve lifestyle (diet, physical activity, body weight) will help to lower fatigue.
COLON study: observational study among colorectal cancer survivors (n=2,500). In the study, we investigate whether diet, body composition, physical activity and other lifestyle factors are associated with short and long-term outcomes such as surgical outcomes, fatigue, quality of life, recurrence and survival
Voed je Beter: randomized controlled trial on the impact of a healthy diet for the risk profile of patients with cardiometabolic disease and/or diabetes.
Dietary intake of patients with spinal cord injury: within this project we focus on the possible associations of neurogenic bowel complaints of persons with spinal cord injury with dietary intake and microbiota composition.
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The SoFiT trial: Healthy lifestyle and fatigue after colorectal cancer
Can a healthier lifestyle reduce chronic fatigue after colorectal cancer? This is the central question of the SoFiT trial, a project by... -
Nutritional status of breast cancer patients during and after chemotherapy in Nairobi, Kenya
Cancer is recognized as an increasing problem in several countries in Africa. Yet, the number of studies on cancer in African countries is low, while... -
What moves wasting muscle?
Muscle wasting in cancer patients is often under-exposed compared to the direct effects of the disease and the heavy treatment program patients are... -
COBRA - Change Of Body composition in BReast cancer: All-in assessment
The COBRA study investigates changes in body composition, which is the amount of adipose and muscular tissue, of women with breast cancer who are... -
COLON study - COlorectal cancer: Longitudinal, Observational study on Nutritional and lifestyle factors that influence colorectal tumour recurrence, survival and quality of life
The purpose of the COLON study is to provide a scientifically substantiated answer to the question whether nutrition and lifestyle affect the disease...