Standardisation of assessment methods for habitual intake and nutritional adequacy
For the development and evaluation of nutritional recommendations a good estimation of dietary micronutrient habitual intake is of great importance.
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The effect of obesity on vitamin status
Dietary requirements may increase in overweight or obese populations for several reasons, including volumetric dilution, changes in body tissue composition altering requirements, vitamin sequestration and others related to individual vitamins. If dietary requirements are different in overweight and obese populations, current dietary recommendations and estimates of population nutrient adequacy may not be accurate. The aim of this PhD project is to investigate the relationship between obesity and vitamin requirements.
Cardioferment. Associating markers of intake of fermented foods with cardiometabolic factors in a real-life observational cohort.
Cardioferment. Associating markers of intake of fermented foods with cardiometabolic factors in a real-life observational cohort.
The overarching aim of this project is to further identify and validate candidate FIBs for fermented food intake using a real-life prospective cohort study in the Netherlands, “Nutritional Questionnaire plus” (NQplus), and examine their associations with cardiometabolic health.