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An introduction to the revised food-based dietary guidelines for South Africa
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2013The perception that “people eat foods and not nutrients” led nutrition scientists to replace nutrient-based recommendations for the public with food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs), which are dietary recommendations based on local food and eating patterns.DocumentEffects of a multi-micronutrient-fortified beverage, with and without sugar, on growth and cognition in South African schoolchildren: a randomised, double-blind, controlled intervention
British Journal of Nutrition, 2013The most recent South African National Food Consumption Survey-Fortification Baseline (NFCS-FB) in 2005 reported that almost 14% of South African children aged 1–5 years were vitamin A deficient (serum retinol (SR) concentration, <100 μg/l) and 27·9 % were anaemic (Hb concentration, 110 g/l).DocumentDieticians in South Africa require more competencies in public health nutrition and management to address the nutritional needs of South Africans
2013Nutrition-related disorders, which range from low energy intake and micronutrient deficiencies to over-nutrition associated with an energy-dense diet and the development of non-communicable diseases, contribute substantially to the burden of diseases experienced in South Africa (SA). Many of these disorders can, to a large degree, be treated or even prevented.DocumentField-testing of guidance on the appropriate labelling of processed complementary foods for infants and young children in South Africa
2012There is a lack of formal guidance from international normative bodies on the appropriate marketing of processed complementary foods. Such guidance is necessary to protect and promote optimal infant and young child feeding practices.DocumentOverweight impairs efficacy of iron supplementation in iron-deficient South African children: a randomized controlled intervention
International Journal of Obesity, 2013Countries in the ‘nutrition transition’ are undergoing rapid dietary and lifestyle changes that produce a double burden of malnutrition: their populations suffer from increasing over-consumption (for example, obesity, diabetes) but continue to have high rates of micronutrient deficiencies (for example, iron deficiency anemia (IDA)).DocumentCapital flows in the quantitative easing era: building resilience in emerging economies
Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015Unconventional Monetary Policies (UMPs), initially designed to resuscitate domestic growth in advanced economies, have now permeated into the deepest cracks of the global financial system.DocumentIntroduction: making change happen – citizen action and national policy reform
Zed Books, 2010How has citizenDocumentThe link between poverty and malnutrition: A South African perspective
Health SA Gesondheid, 2010In this article, a brief review of the nutritional problems in South Africa, as well as the intergenerational, vicious cycle of poverty and malnutrition, are used to argue for the necessity of including a nutritionDocumentFactors affecting mothers’ choice of breastfeeding vs. formula feeding in the lower Umfolozi district war memorial hospital, KwaZulu-Natal
Health SA Gesondheid, 2010The aim of this study was to determine which factors influence choice of breast- versus the formula-feeding of infants. This may help to understand where the focus should lie in the promotion of breastfeeding.DocumentBRICS: emergence of health agenda
International Organisations Research Institute, 2014Health is an indispensable public good. At the national level, it has been manifested in the commitment of the BRICS members of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to scale up health financing. At the global level, it is evidenced by the international community progress on the three health-related Millennium Development Goals.Pages