The IJBNPA is the journal of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA). The ISBNPA is an international, interdisciplinary society of researchers who focus on issues related to behavioral nutrition and physical activity. ISBNPA aims to stimulate and promote innovative research in the area of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, advocate for the inter...

Peter Sanderson, Elaine Stone*, Young-In Kim, John C. Mathers, Ellen Kampman, C. Stephen Downes, Kenneth R. Muir and John A. Baron Nutrition Division, Food Standards Agency, London WC2 6NH, UK Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Human Nutrition Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, W...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The impact of neonatal nutrition on the health status of the newborn and incidence of disease in later life is a topic of intense interest. Animal models are an invaluable tool to identify mechanisms that mediate the effect of nutrition on neonatal development and metabolic function. This review highlights recently developed animal models that are being used to study neonatal ...

2013;26(1) S Afr J Clin Nutr Potgieter S, BScDietetics, MNutrition Lecturer, Therapeutic Nutrition, Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University Correspondence to: Sunita Potgieter, e-mail: [email protected]

2014;27(3) S Afr J Clin Nutr Kassier SM, MSc Dietetics, RD(SA), Lecturer; Veldman FJ, PhD(Nutrition), RN(SA), Professor Discipline of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban Correspondence to: Suna Kassier, e-mail: [email protected]

BACKGROUND There is a dearth of information on existing nutrition training programs in West Africa. A preliminary step in the process of developing a comprehensive framework to strengthen human capacity for nutrition is to conduct an inventory of existing training programs. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to provide baseline data on university-level nutrition training programs that exist i...

Eleven of 13 children with the protracted diarrhoea syndrome of infancy were successfully treated with human milk. All the infants, who were severely malnourished, had deteriorated while fed on a wide range of highly modified formulas. Seven infants responded promptly with cessation of weight loss and diarrhoea; in four others, human milk was used to re-establish oral nutrition after a period o...

Background Health professionals play a key role in the delivery of nutrition interventions. Improving the quality of nutrition training in health professional schools is vital for building the necessary human resource capacity to implement effective interventions for reducing malnutrition in West Africa. This study was undertaken to assess the current status of nutrition training in medical, nu...