Hester H. Vorster

Published by the Health Systems Trust (2007)

Hester H Vorster, Welma Oosthuizen, Johann C Jerling, Frederick J Veldman, Hester M Burger, Milla Mclachlan

In this review, the Nutrition Research Group provides a timely and useful overview of the state of knowledge about nutritional status and the causes of malnutrition in South Africa. The review covers...

Nutrient intake and consumption of indigenous foods among college students in Limpopo Province (2005)

Mbhenyane, Xikombiso G, Venter, Christine S, Vorster, Hester H, Steyn, H Stefanus

Objective. To determine the habitual diet and the consumption of indigenous foods among college students in Limpopo province. Design. The sample consisted of 37 healthy student volunteers (18 males...

The principles, definition and dimensions of the new nutrition science (2005)

Beauman, Christopher, Cannon, Geoffrey, Elmadfa, Ibrahim, Glasauer, Peter, Hoffmann, Ingrid, Keller, Markus, ...

Objective: To specify the principles, definition and dimensions of the new nutrition science. Purpose: To identify nutrition, with its application in food and nutrition policy, as a science with...

The nutrition and health transition in the North West Province of South Africa: a review of the THUSA (Transition and Health during Urbanisation of South Africans) study (2005)

Vorster, Hester H., Venter, Christina S., Wissing, Marié P., Margetts, Barrie M.

Objective: To describe how urbanisation influences the nutrition and health transition in South Africa by using data from the THUSA (Transition and Health during Urbanisation of South Africans)...

Evidence for relatively greater subcutaneous fat deposition in stunted girls in the North West Province, South Africa, as compared with non-stunted girls (2004)

Kruger, H. Salome, Margetts, Barrie M., Vorster, Hester H.

Objective: we examined differences in body composition between stunted and non-stunted girls, with adjustments for confounding factors. Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in a...

Physical inactivity is the major determinant of obesity in black women in the North West Province, South Africa: the THUSA study. Transition and Health During Urbanisation of South Africa (2002)

Kruger, H. Salome, Venter, Christina S., Vorster, Hester H., Margetts, Barrie M.

Objective: we investigated the association between measures and determinants of obesity in African women. Methods: for a cross-sectional study of adult black women in the North West Province, South...