Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Author "Baumgartner, Jeannine"
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Effects of iron supplementation on dominant bacterial groups in the gut, faecal SCFA and gut inflammation: a randomised, placebo-controlled intervention trial in South African children
Dostal, Alexandra; Baumgartner, Jeannine; Smuts, Cornelius M.; Riesen, Nathalie; Chassard, Christophe (Cambridge University Press, 2014)Fe supplementation is a common strategy to correct Fe-deficiency anaemia in children; however, it may modify the gut microbiota and increase the risk for enteropathogenic infection. In the present study, we studied the ... -
How will South Africa’s mandatory salt reduction policy affect its salt iodisation programme? A cross-sectional analysis from the WHO-SAGE Wave 2 Salt & Tobacco study
Charlton, Karen; Ware, Lisa Jane; Baumgartner, Jeannine; Cockeran, Marike; Schutte, Aletta E. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)Objective The WHO’s global targets for non-communicable disease reduction recommend consumption of<5 g salt/day. In 2016, South Africa was the first country to legislate maximum salt levels in processed foods. South Africa’s ... -
Iodine status assessment in South African adults according to spot urinary iodine concentrations, prediction equations, and measured 24-h iodine excretion
Charlton, Karen E.; Ware, Lisa J.; Baumgartner, Jeannine; Cockeran, Marike; Schutte, Aletta E. (MDPI, 2018)The iodine status of populations is conventionally assessed using spot urinary samples to obtain a median urinary iodine concentration (UIC) value, which is assessed against standard reference cut-offs. The assumption that ...