Marina Visser

Biographic Data

ID7549352
NAMEMarina Visser
GIVEN NAMESMarina
FAMILY NAMEVisser
SIGNATUREVISSER M
AFFILIATIONSNorth-West University
ORCID0000-0002-6173-0651
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Daily Complementary Feeding With Eggs Improves Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 in Infants

    Open AccessRegina Nakiranda, Linda Malan et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2024

    This secondary analysis of the Eggcel-growth study investigated the effect of daily egg intake for 6 months in infants aged 6-9 months on environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) biomarkers and the association of EED markers with growth faltering. A randomised controlled trial was conducted in Jouberton, South Africa, among 500 infants randomly assigned equally to either an intervention group receiving a daily chicken egg or a control group. Both …

  • Effects of egg as an early complementary food on growth of 6- to 9-month-old infants

    Open AccessHannah Ricci, Mieke Faber et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objective: To assess the effect of daily egg consumption for six months on linear growth (primary outcome), weight-for-age, weight-for-length, mid-upper arm circumference-for-age, head circumference-for-age Z-scores, gross motor milestones development, anaemia and iron status (secondary outcomes) in a low socioeconomic community. Participants: Infants aged 6 to 9 months living in the peri-urban Jouberton area, in the Matlosana Municipality, South…

  • Nutrient intake of young South African adults from the baseline of the African-PREDICT cohort study

    Open AccessMarina Visser, Claudine Jordaan et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objective: This study aimed to describe and compare the nutrient intake of young adults in the African Prospective Study on the Early Detection and Identification of Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension (African-PREDICT) study according to ethnicity and socio-economic status (SES). Design: Cross-sectional analysis of baseline nutrient intakes in the African-PREDICT study. Setting: North West Province, South Africa Participants: Black and white…

  • Anthropometric nutritional status of children (0–18 years) in South Africa 1997–2022

    Open AccessHerculina S Kruger, Marina Visser et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2023

    Objective: To conduct a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of the available literature on the anthropometric nutritional status of South African infants and children, 0–18 years old and to report on trends of changes in nutritional status over the period 1997–2022. Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Setting: Review of the available literature on the anthropometric nutritional status of South African infants and children, …

  • Associations of dietary diversity with anaemia and iron status among 5- to 12-year-old schoolchildren in South Africa

    Open AccessMarina Visser, Tertia Van Zyl et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To examine the associations of dietary diversity with anaemia and iron status among primary school-aged children in South Africa. Design: An analysis was conducted with pooled individual data from the baseline surveys from three previously conducted independent intervention studies. Two different dietary diversity scores (DDS) were calculated based on data from 1-day (1-d) and 3-day (3-d) dietary recall periods, respectively. Logistic …