Henrik Friis

Iron Status is Associated with Body Composition in Cambodian Infants and Young Children

Frank Tammo Wieringa, Jutta Skau, Chhoun Chamnan, Henrik Friis, Marjoleine Amma Dijkhuizen, Jacques Berger, Kim Michaelsen & Nanna Roos · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Malnutrition in early childhood predisposes to a higher risk for non-communicable diseases such as obesity and cardio-vascular diseases later in life through not fully understood metabolic alterations. Little is known about body composition in early childhood in relat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21088

Post-partum High-dose Vitamin A Supplementation to Improve Vitamin A Status of Mother and Infant: The Role of Timing and Inflammation

Nguyen Song Tu, Tran Thuy Nga, Marjoleine Amma Dijkhuizen, Jacques Berger, Henrik Friis & Frank Tammo Wieringa · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in infancy remains an important health problem. Post-partum maternal high-dose vitamin A supplementation (MHDVAS) was recommended but recently cancelled by WHO as efficacy was unclear. We investigated effects of inflammation and timing of MH...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21070