Marjoleine Amma Dijkhuizen

Post-partum High-dose Vitamin A Supplementation to Improve Vitamin A Status of Mother and Infant: The Role of Timing and Inflammation

Nguyen Song Tu, Tran Thuy Nga, Marjoleine Amma Dijkhuizen, Jacques Berger, Henrik Friis & Frank Tammo Wieringa · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in infancy remains an important health problem. Post-partum maternal high-dose vitamin A supplementation (MHDVAS) was recommended but recently cancelled by WHO as efficacy was unclear. We investigated effects of inflammation and timing of MH...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21070

Iron Status is Associated with Body Composition in Cambodian Infants and Young Children

Frank Tammo Wieringa, Jutta Skau, Chhoun Chamnan, Henrik Friis, Marjoleine Amma Dijkhuizen, Jacques Berger, Kim Michaelsen & Nanna Roos · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Malnutrition in early childhood predisposes to a higher risk for non-communicable diseases such as obesity and cardio-vascular diseases later in life through not fully understood metabolic alterations. Little is known about body composition in early childhood in relat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21088