Jan Van den Broeck
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Ramokolo V, Lombard C, Chhagan M, Engebretsen I, Doherty T, Goga A, et al.
Int Breastfeed J
. 2017 Nov;
12:47.
PMID: 29158772
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s13006-015-0041-x.].
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Fadnes L, Nankabirwa V, Engebretsen I, Sommerfelt H, Birungi N, Lombard C, et al.
BMC Public Health
. 2016 Jul;
16:555.
PMID: 27405396
Background: Breastfeeding promotion is regarded as one of the most effective interventions to improve child health, and could reduce under-5-mortality by 8 % globally. Few studies have assessed the health...
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Kirunda B, Wamani H, Fadnes L, Van den Broeck J, Tylleskar T
J Phys Act Health
. 2016 Jun;
13(11):1243-1254.
PMID: 27254851
Background: Data on physical inactivity, a known risk factor for noncommunicable diseases and its correlates in sub-Saharan Africa are almost absent. We assessed physical activity patterns and associated factors among...
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Schwinger C, Fadnes L, Van den Broeck J
Am J Clin Nutr
. 2016 Feb;
103(3):801-7.
PMID: 26843152
Background: Growth assessment based on the WHO child growth velocity standards can potentially be used to predict adverse health outcomes. Nevertheless, there are very few studies on growth velocity to...
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Kirunda B, Fadnes L, Wamani H, Van den Broeck J, Tylleskar T
BMC Public Health
. 2015 Nov;
15:1168.
PMID: 26602893
Background: In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the rising prevalence of overweight, obesity and non-communicable diseases co-exists with the high burden of under-nutrition. The paucity of data on adulthood overweight and obesity,...
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Millar S, Perry I, Van den Broeck J, Phillips C
PLoS One
. 2015 Jun;
10(6):e0129088.
PMID: 26042771
Objectives: Despite recommendations that central obesity assessment should be employed as a marker of cardiometabolic health, no consensus exists regarding measurement protocol. This study examined a range of anthropometric variables...
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Kismul H, Hatloy A, Andersen P, Mapatano M, Van den Broeck J, Moland K
Int J Equity Health
. 2015 May;
14:47.
PMID: 25986714
Introduction: The magnitude of child malnutrition including severe child malnutrition is especially high in the rural areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (the DRC). The aim of this qualitative...
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Ramokolo V, Lombard C, Chhagan M, Engebretsen I, Doherty T, Goga A, et al.
Int Breastfeed J
. 2015 Apr;
10:14.
PMID: 25873986
Background: South Africa has the highest prevalence of overweight/obesity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Assessing the effect of modifiable factors such as early infant feeding on growth velocity and overweight/obesity is therefore...
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Kismul H, Van den Broeck J, Lunde T
PeerJ
. 2014 Apr;
2:e350.
PMID: 24765584
The etiology of kwashiorkor remains enigmatic and longitudinal studies examining potential causes of kwashiorkor are scarce. Using historical, longitudinal study data from the rural area of Bwamanda, Democratic Republic of...
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Kismul H, Schwinger C, Chhagan M, Mapatano M, Van den Broeck J
BMC Pediatr
. 2014 Jan;
14:22.
PMID: 24467733
Background: Longitudinal studies describing incidence and natural course of malnutrition are scarce. Studies defining malnutrition clinically [moderate clinical malnutrition (McM) marasmus, kwashiorkor] rather than anthropometrically are rare. Our aim was...