Jan Van den Broeck
Biographic Data
| ID | 5464284 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Van den Broeck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan Van den |
| FAMILY NAME | Broeck |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DEN BROECK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bergen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
We are analogue in a digital world’
Envisioned as an inclusive new city and a major technology hub, Konza Technology City is said to bring stability and growth to Nairobi’s south-eastern periphery. However, for the communities living in its vicinity, the advent of this new urban core is suffused with uncertainties as its existence largely takes place in the imaginary realm of plans and billboards of which the outcome is unforeseeable today. This article is an anthropological explor…
Effects of an exclusive breastfeeding intervention for six months on growth patterns of 4–5 year old children in Uganda
ClinicalTrials.gov.no. NCT00397150 . Registered 7th of November 2006
The social context of severe child malnutrition
Households that participated in inter-household cooperation were able to improve food and nutrition security. Children living in households with high pressure on productive members were at danger of food insecurity and malnutrition. Nutrition interventions need to involve local institutions for inter-household cooperation and address the problem of social inequalities in service provision. They should have special focus on households with few res…
Population-based survey of overweight and obesity and the associated factors in peri-urban and rural Eastern Uganda
Overweight/obesity was prevalent among adults. Overweight/obese was associated with being female, being aged 35 years and older, residing in a peri-urban area and having a higher SES. The time has come to develop interventions to prevent and control overweight/obesity
Optimal central obesity measurement site for assessing cardiometabolic and type 2 diabetes risk in middle-aged adults
Cost of childhood diarrhoea in rural South Africa
Objective To describe the cost of diarrhoeal illness in children aged 6–24 months in a rural South African community and to determine the threshold prevalence of stunting at which universal Zn plus vitamin A supplementation (VAZ) would be more cost-effective than vitamin A alone (VA) in preventing diarrhoea. Design We conducted a cost analysis using primary and secondary data sources. Using simulations we examined incremental costs of VAZ relativ…
Epidemiology
This textbook presents epidemiology in a practical manner, contextualized with discussions of theory and ethics, so that students and professionals from all academic backgrounds may develop a deep appreciation for how to conduct and interpret epidemiological research. Readers will develop skills to: · Search for and appraise literature critically · Develop important research questions · Design, plan, and implement studies to address those questio…
Post‐partum weight change patterns in the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study
The interplay of factors that affect post-partum loss or retention of weight gained during pregnancy is not fully understood. The objective of this paper is to describe patterns of weight change in the six sites of the World Health Organization (WHO) Multicentre Growth Reference Study (MGRS) and explore variables that explain variation in weight change within and between sites. Mothers of 1743 breastfed children enrolled in the MGRS had weights m…
Challenging the role of social norms regarding body weight as an explanation for weight, height, and BMI misreporting biases
A novel non-linear approach to examining weight, height, and BMI misreporting biases was developed. Perceiving oneself as too heavy appears to reduce rather than exacerbate weight, height, and BMI misreporting biases
Sociodemographic, lifestyle, mental health and dietary factors associated with direction of misreporting of energy intake
Objective To estimate the extent of under- and over-reporting, to examine associations with misreporting and sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics and mental health status and to identify differential reporting in micro- and macronutrient intake and quality of diet. Design A health and lifestyle questionnaire and a semi-quantitative FFQ were completed as part of the 2007 Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition. Energy intake (EI) an…
Target weight gain for moderately wasted children during supplementation interventions – a population-based approach
Objective In malnourished populations, the weight-for-height Z -score (WHZ) distribution is shifted to the left. The aim of nutrition interventions should be to restore a normal WHZ distribution for the whole population. The present paper examines the WHZ change needed by each individual to achieve this objective. Design We developed a mathematical model of required individual change in WHZ as a function of characteristics of the initial populati…
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in relation to socioeconomic status among Jamaican young adults
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is low, but central obesity and low HDL are present in 16% and 47% of Jamaican youth, respectively. Central obesity is inversely associated with occupation and education in females
Effect on longitudinal growth and anemia of zinc or multiple micronutrients added to vitamin A
This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number. NCT00156832
Incidence and duration of severe wasting in two African populations
Objective The present study aimed to compare two situations of endemic malnutrition among Design Secondary analysis of longitudinal studies, conducted several years ago, which allowed incidence and duration to be calculated from transition rates. The first site was Niakhar in Senegal, an area under demographic surveillance, where we followed a cohort of children in 1983–5. The second site was Bwamanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where we…
Fast-food and sweetened beverage consumption
Objective Overweight and obesity have increased to epidemic proportions among adolescents and are associated with chronic non-communicable diseases and excess mortality in adulthood. The association of overweight/obesity with poor dietary habits has not been studied in adolescents in middle-income developing countries. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of overweight, obesity and high waist circumference (WC) in 15–19-year-old Jam…
Measurement and Standardization Protocols for Anthropometry Used in the Construction of a New International Growth Reference
Thorough training, continuous standardization, and close monitoring of the adherence to measurement procedures during data collection are essential for minimizing random error and bias in multicenter studies. Rigorous anthropometry and data collection protocols were used in the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study to ensure high data quality. After the initial training and standardization, study teams participated in standardization sessions ev…
We are analogue in a digital world’
Envisioned as an inclusive new city and a major technology hub, Konza Technology City is said to bring stability and growth to Nairobi’s south-eastern periphery. However, for the communities living in its vicinity, the advent of this new urban core is suffused with uncertainties as its existence largely takes place in the imaginary realm of plans and billboards of which the outcome is unforeseeable today. This article is an anthropological explor…
Measurement and Standardization Protocols for Anthropometry Used in the Construction of a New International Growth Reference
Thorough training, continuous standardization, and close monitoring of the adherence to measurement procedures during data collection are essential for minimizing random error and bias in multicenter studies. Rigorous anthropometry and data collection protocols were used in the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study to ensure high data quality. After the initial training and standardization, study teams participated in standardization sessions ev…
Incidence and duration of severe wasting in two African populations
Objective The present study aimed to compare two situations of endemic malnutrition among Design Secondary analysis of longitudinal studies, conducted several years ago, which allowed incidence and duration to be calculated from transition rates. The first site was Niakhar in Senegal, an area under demographic surveillance, where we followed a cohort of children in 1983–5. The second site was Bwamanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where we…
Fast-food and sweetened beverage consumption
Objective Overweight and obesity have increased to epidemic proportions among adolescents and are associated with chronic non-communicable diseases and excess mortality in adulthood. The association of overweight/obesity with poor dietary habits has not been studied in adolescents in middle-income developing countries. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of overweight, obesity and high waist circumference (WC) in 15–19-year-old Jam…
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in relation to socioeconomic status among Jamaican young adults
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is low, but central obesity and low HDL are present in 16% and 47% of Jamaican youth, respectively. Central obesity is inversely associated with occupation and education in females
Effect on longitudinal growth and anemia of zinc or multiple micronutrients added to vitamin A
This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number. NCT00156832
Post‐partum weight change patterns in the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study
The interplay of factors that affect post-partum loss or retention of weight gained during pregnancy is not fully understood. The objective of this paper is to describe patterns of weight change in the six sites of the World Health Organization (WHO) Multicentre Growth Reference Study (MGRS) and explore variables that explain variation in weight change within and between sites. Mothers of 1743 breastfed children enrolled in the MGRS had weights m…
Challenging the role of social norms regarding body weight as an explanation for weight, height, and BMI misreporting biases
A novel non-linear approach to examining weight, height, and BMI misreporting biases was developed. Perceiving oneself as too heavy appears to reduce rather than exacerbate weight, height, and BMI misreporting biases
Sociodemographic, lifestyle, mental health and dietary factors associated with direction of misreporting of energy intake
Objective To estimate the extent of under- and over-reporting, to examine associations with misreporting and sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics and mental health status and to identify differential reporting in micro- and macronutrient intake and quality of diet. Design A health and lifestyle questionnaire and a semi-quantitative FFQ were completed as part of the 2007 Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition. Energy intake (EI) an…
Target weight gain for moderately wasted children during supplementation interventions – a population-based approach
Objective In malnourished populations, the weight-for-height Z -score (WHZ) distribution is shifted to the left. The aim of nutrition interventions should be to restore a normal WHZ distribution for the whole population. The present paper examines the WHZ change needed by each individual to achieve this objective. Design We developed a mathematical model of required individual change in WHZ as a function of characteristics of the initial populati…
Epidemiology
This textbook presents epidemiology in a practical manner, contextualized with discussions of theory and ethics, so that students and professionals from all academic backgrounds may develop a deep appreciation for how to conduct and interpret epidemiological research. Readers will develop skills to: · Search for and appraise literature critically · Develop important research questions · Design, plan, and implement studies to address those questio…
Cost of childhood diarrhoea in rural South Africa
Objective To describe the cost of diarrhoeal illness in children aged 6–24 months in a rural South African community and to determine the threshold prevalence of stunting at which universal Zn plus vitamin A supplementation (VAZ) would be more cost-effective than vitamin A alone (VA) in preventing diarrhoea. Design We conducted a cost analysis using primary and secondary data sources. Using simulations we examined incremental costs of VAZ relativ…
The social context of severe child malnutrition
Households that participated in inter-household cooperation were able to improve food and nutrition security. Children living in households with high pressure on productive members were at danger of food insecurity and malnutrition. Nutrition interventions need to involve local institutions for inter-household cooperation and address the problem of social inequalities in service provision. They should have special focus on households with few res…
Population-based survey of overweight and obesity and the associated factors in peri-urban and rural Eastern Uganda
Overweight/obesity was prevalent among adults. Overweight/obese was associated with being female, being aged 35 years and older, residing in a peri-urban area and having a higher SES. The time has come to develop interventions to prevent and control overweight/obesity
Optimal central obesity measurement site for assessing cardiometabolic and type 2 diabetes risk in middle-aged adults
Effects of an exclusive breastfeeding intervention for six months on growth patterns of 4–5 year old children in Uganda
ClinicalTrials.gov.no. NCT00397150 . Registered 7th of November 2006
We are analogue in a digital world’
Envisioned as an inclusive new city and a major technology hub, Konza Technology City is said to bring stability and growth to Nairobi’s south-eastern periphery. However, for the communities living in its vicinity, the advent of this new urban core is suffused with uncertainties as its existence largely takes place in the imaginary realm of plans and billboards of which the outcome is unforeseeable today. This article is an anthropological explor…
Medicine (15 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Demography (8 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (7 works) · Internal Medicine (7 works) · Obesity (6 works) · Biostatistics (5 works) · Epidemiology (5 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (4 works)