Nutrition and Cancer
Comparison of recommendations for cancer prevention in Europe with traditional food and life-style patterns in Guatemala
Hildegard Grunow Foundation
Projects
Vitamin A
Vitamin A status of the Guatamalan population after introduction of fortified sugar
Zinc
The impact of improved information and training on the adherence to Zinc medication to treat infectious deseases
Interaction between Inflammation and Adiposity
Noninvasive Assessment of body composition with BIA technology. The goal is to assess the impact of adiposity on iron metabolism.
Iron
Iron - a double-edged sword. On the one hand deficiency symptoms are to be avoided. On the other hand exessive iron will support infection and inflammation.
Nutrition in Vulnerable Populations in Guatemala
Field studies to investigate health and nutritional status of vulnerable populations in Guatemala
Non-invasive assessment of inflammation
In developing countries inflammation and its interaction with the nutritional status play a major role. Therefore it is desirable to be able to assess the inflammatory status without blood sampling.