Hester H Vorster

Biographic Data

ID5458282
NAMEHester H Vorster
GIVEN NAMESHester H
FAMILY NAMEVorster
SIGNATUREVORSTER H H
AFFILIATIONSNorth-West University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX0

  • Accelerated nutrition transition in the North West Province of South Africa

    Open AccessEdelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen, Sarie Lee et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2018

    Objective South Africa (SA) is in the midst of a health transition characterized by a quadruple burden of diseases and a nutrition transition. The existing nutrition transition in SA, accompanied by the coexistence of under- and overnutrition in the population, motivated the present study. Its objectives were to measure and report the changes in nutrient intakes of rural and urban black Africans over time to assess the impact of urbanization and …

  • Changes in food intake from 2005 to 2010 by a cohort of black rural and urban African men and women in the North West Province of South Africa

    Open AccessEdelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen, Ria Laubscher et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2018

    Objective We have shown that nutrient intakes of rural and urban black Africans in the North West Province (NWP) of South Africa (SA) followed the typical nutrition transition pattern upon urbanization and modernization. The current study aimed to examine and report on the changes in food intakes from 2005 to 2010 in rural and urban black South Africans participating in the PURE-NWP-SA study. Design/Setting/Subjects The PURE-NWP-SA study recruite…

  • Psychological Well-Being and the Metabolic Syndrome in African and Caucasian Women in South Africa

    Elsabé M Botha, M P Wissing et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2007

    This study explored the association between comprehensive psychological well-being and the metabolic syndrome (MS), as well as whether women without MS markers differ significantly from women with MS (three or more markers) on specific facets of psychological well-being. African (N=102) and Caucasian (N=115) women completed self-report questionnaires on psychological well-being, and biological markers for MS were determined. Results indicated a s…

  • The nutrition and health transition in the North West Province of South Africa

    Open AccessHester H Vorster, Christina S Venter et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2005

    Objective To describe how urbanisation influences the nutrition and health transition in South Africa by using data from the THUSA (Transition and Health during Urbanisation of South Africans) study. Design The THUSA study was a cross-sectional, comparative, population-based survey. Setting The North West Province of South Africa. Subjects In total, 1854 apparently healthy volunteers, men and women aged 15 years and older, from 37 randomly select…

  • Fortification of maize meal improved the nutritional status of 1–3-year-old African children

    Open AccessAlufheli Edgar Nesamvuni, Hester H Vorster et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2005

    Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a vitamin-fortified maize meal to improve the nutritional status of 1–3-year-old malnourished African children. Design A randomised parallel intervention study was used in which 21 experimental children and their families received maize meal fortified with vitamin A, thiamine, riboflavin and pyridoxine, while 23 control children and their families received unfortified maize meal. The maize meal was provi…

  • The principles, definition and dimensions of the new nutrition science

    Open AccessChristopher Beauman, Geoffrey Cannon et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2005

    Objective To specify the principles, definition and dimensions of the new nutrition science. Purpose To identify nutrition, with its application in food and nutrition policy, as a science with great width and breadth of vision and scope, in order that it can fully contribute to the preservation, maintenance, development and sustenance of life on Earth. Method A brief overview shows that current conventional nutrition is defined as a biological sc…

  • The nutritional status of asymptomatic HIV-infected Africans

    Open AccessHester H Vorster, Annamarie Kruger et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2004

    Objective: To compare the relationships between food (nutrient) intakes and biochemical markers of nutritional status of asymptomatic HIV-infected with HIV-uninfected subjects, to gain more information on the appropriate diet for HIV-infected persons at an early stage of infection. Design: Cross-sectional population-based survey. Setting: North West Province, South Africa. Subjects: Two hundred and sixteen asymptomatic HIV-infected and 1550 HIV-u…

  • Sponsorship of nutrition research in developing countries

    Open AccessHester H Vorster, Hester VorsterARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2001

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