Publications 2018-2023

Lecturer

Year

Publication

     

Dr Heather Legodi

2018

Sedibe MH, Pisa P, Feeley A, Pedro T, Kahn K, Norris S

(2018). Dietary Habits and Eating Practices and Their Association with

Overweight and Obesity in Rural and Urban Black South African Adolescents.

Nutrients, 10 (145), pp. 1 - 18.

Dr Zelda White

2019

van Zyl A, White Z, Ferreira JT, Wenhold FAM

(2019). Developing an Impedance Based Equation for Fat-Free Mass of Black

Preadolescent South African Children. Nutrients, 11 (2021), pp. 1 - 11.

 

Heyns T, Bresser PL, Buys TL, Coetzee IM, Korkie FE, White Z,

McCormack BG

(2019). Twelve tips for supervisors to move towards person-centered research

supervision in health care sciences. Medical Teacher, 41 (12), pp. 1353 -

1358..

 

Adetola O, Kruger J, White Z, Taylor JRN

(2019). Comparison between food-to-food fortification of pearl millet porridge

with moringa leaves and baobab fruit and with adding ascorbic and citric acid on

iron, zinc and other mineral bioaccessibility. Lwt-Food Science and Technology,

106 pp. 92 - 97..

 

White Z, White S, Dalvie T, Kruger M, van Zyl A, Becker PJ

(2019). Bone Health, Body Composition, and Vitamin D Status of Black

Preadolescent Children in South Africa. Nutrients, 11 (6), pp. 1 - 12..

2020

Ntuli ME, Filmalter CJ, White Z, Heyns T

(2020). Length of stay and contributing factors in elderly patients who have

undergone hip fracture surgery in a tertiary hospital in South Africa.

International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, 37 pp. 1 - 5..

2021

Mashao KC, Heyns T, White Z

(2021). Areas of delay related to prolonged length of stay in an emergency

department of an academic hospital in South Africa. African Journal of

Emergency Medicine, 11 pp. 237 - 241.

2022

Piderit (Dos Santos) MC, White Z, Wenhold FAM

(2022). The development and usability of a web-based mobile application as a

dairy intake screener for South African adults. Journal of Dairy Research, 89

(4), pp. 453 - 460.

Prof Friede Wenhold

2019

van Zyl A, White Z, Ferreira JT, Wenhold FAM

(2019). Developing an Impedance Based Equation for Fat-Free Mass of Black

Preadolescent South African Children. Nutrients, 11 (2021), pp. 1 - 11.

 

Wenhold FAM, FABER M

(2019). Nutrients in beverages TO BE CAPTURED AS A CHAPTER IN BOOKS

. Edition:12, Woodhead Publishing, Ltd, Campbridge, United Kingdom. 660 pp.

978-0-12-816842-4.

2020

Hendriks SL, Viljoen AT, Marais D, Wenhold FAM, McIntyre A, Ngidi M,

Annandale JG, Kalaba MW, Stewart D

(2020). Considerations for the design of nutrition-sensitive production

programmes in rural South Africa. BMC Public Health, 20 pp. 1 - 16.

2021

Pretorius A, Wood PS, Becker PJ, Wenhold FAM

(2021). Resting Energy Expenditure and Related Factors in 6- to 9-Year-Old

Southern African Children of Diverse Population Groups. Nutrients, 13 (6), pp. 1

- 15.

 

Kemp JE, Becker PJ, Wenhold FAM

(2021). In-hospital growth of very low birth weight preterm infants.

Comparative effectiveness of 2 human milk fortifiers. Journal of Pediatric

Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 72 (4), pp. 610 - 616.

2022

Kuhn (Hanekom) L, MacIntyre UE, Kotze C, Becker PJ, Wenhold FAM

(2022). Twelve Weeks of Additional Fish Intake Improves the Cognition of

Cognitively Intact, Resource-Limited Elderly People: A Randomized Control Trial.

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 26 (2), pp. 119 - 126.

 

Pretorius A, Wood PS, Becker PJ, Wenhold FAM

(2022). Physical activity and related factors in pre-adolescent Southern African

children of diverse population groups. International Journal of Environmental

Research And Public Health, 19 (16), pp. 1 - 15.

 

Nel S, Feucht UD, Nel A, Becker PJ, Wenhold FAM

(2022). A novel screening tool to predict severe acute malnutrition through

automated monitoring of weight-for-age growth curves. Maternal And Child

Nutrition, 18 (3), pp. 1 - 10.

 

Pretorius A, Piderit (Dos Santos) MC, Becker PJ, Wenhold FAM

(2022). Resting energy expenditure of a diverse group of South African men

and women. Journal of Human Nutrition And Dietetics, 35 (6), pp. 1164 -

1177.

 

Verwey L, Jordaan JC, Wenhold FAM

(2022). Dietary intake of first- and third-year female dietetics students at a

South African university. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 35 (4), pp.

142 - 148.

 

Piderit (Dos Santos) MC, White Z, Wenhold FAM

(2022). The development and usability of a web-based mobile application as a

dairy intake screener for South African adults. Journal of Dairy Research, 89

(4), pp. 453 - 460.

Ms Gerda Gericke

2018

Kupolati MD, MacIntyre UE, Gericke GJ

(2018). A Theory-Based Contextual Nutrition Education Manual Enhanced

Nutrition Teaching Skill

. Frontiers In Public Health, 6 (157), pp. 1 - 8.

2019

Kupolati MD, MacIntyre UE, Gericke GJ, Becker PJ

(2019). A Contextual Nutrition Education Program Improves Nutrition

Knowledge and Attitudes of South African Teachers and Learners. Frontiers in

Public Health, 7 (258), pp. 1 - 12.

 

Bello TK, Gericke GJ, MacIntyre UE, Becker PJ

(2019). A nutrition education programme improves quality of life but not

anthropometric status of adults living with HIV in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Public

Health Nutrition, 22 (12), pp. 2290 - 2302.

 

Bello TK, Gericke GJ, MacIntyre UE

(2019). Development, Implementation, and Process Evaluation of a Theory-

Based Nutrition Education Programme for Adults Living With HIV in Abeokuta,

Nigeria. Frontiers in Public Health, 7 pp. 1 - 8.

 

Mathye R, Gericke GJ

(2019). Caregivers' Perceptions of Household Hunger and Adequacy of Dietary

Intake in a Resource Limited Community in the Bronkhorstspruit District

(Gauteng). African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 19

(3), pp. 14541 - 14554.

 

Fourie M, Gericke GJ, Kruger M

(2019). Body composition and intake of nutrients associated with bone

metabolism in young adolescents in a peri-urban setting. South African Journal

of Clinical Nutrition, 32 (4), pp. 99 - 106.

 

Muchiri JW, Gericke GJ, Rheeder P

(2019). Stakeholders' perceptions of dietary and related self-management

challenges and education programme preferences for type 2 diabetes adults.

Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa, 24 (1), pp.

1 - 9.

2021

Muchiri JW, Gericke GJ, Rheeder P

(2021). Adapting a diabetes nutrition education programme for adults with type

2 diabetes from a primary to tertiary healthcare setting

. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 34 pp. 9 - 17.

 

Muchiri JW, Gericke GJ, Rheeder P

(2021). Effectiveness of an adapted diabetes nutrition education program on

clinical status, dietary behaviors and behavior mediators in adults with type 2

diabetes: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic

Disorders, 20 pp. 293 - 306.

Dr Jane Muchiri

2019

Muchiri JW, Gericke GJ, Rheeder P

(2019). Stakeholders' perceptions of dietary and related self-management

challenges and education programme preferences for type 2 diabetes adults.

Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa, 24 (1), pp.

1 - 9..

2021

Muchiri JW, Gericke GJ, Rheeder P

(2021). Adapting a diabetes nutrition education programme for adults with type

2 diabetes from a primary to tertiary healthcare setting

. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 34 pp. 9 - 17.

 

Ngassa Piotie P, Wood PS, Muchiri JW, Webb EM, Rheeder P

(2021). Attitudes and beliefs of South African primary healthcare practitioners

on initiating insulin in people with type 2 diabetes: Findings from the Tshwane

Insulin Project (TIP). Primary Care Diabetes, 15 (5), pp. 865 - 870.

 

Muchiri JW, Gericke GJ, Rheeder P

(2021). Effectiveness of an adapted diabetes nutrition education program on

clinical status, dietary behaviors and behavior mediators in adults with type 2

diabetes: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic

Disorders, 20 pp. 293 - 306.

2022

Ngassa Piotie P, Filmalter CJ, Mohlala MG, Zulu NR, Segale A, Koenaite C,

Muchiri JW, Webb EM, Rheeder P

(2022). Factors affecting the implementation of a complex health intervention

to improve insulin management in primary care: A SWOT analysis. African

Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 14 (1), pp. 1 - 9.

 

Ngassa Piotie P, Wood PS, Muchiri JW, Webb EM, Rheeder P

(2022). Using a nurse-driven and home-based telehealth intervention to

improve insulin therapy for people with type 2 diabetes in primary care: a

feasibility study. Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South

Africa (JEMDSA), 27 (3), pp. 108 - 116.

 

Ngassa Piotie P, Muchiri JW, Webb EM, Rheeder P

(2022). Assessing barriers to insulin therapy among people with type 2 diabetes

in South Africa using the Insulin Treatment Appraisal Scale: A cross-sectional

survey. Primary Care Diabetes, 16 (4), pp. 509 – 514.

Ms Phumudzo Tshiambara

2020

Mamphwe P, Kruger H, Moss S, Cockeran M, Ricci C, Ukegbu P, Kruger I

(2020). The association between anthropometric measures and physical

performance in black adults of the North West Province, South Africa. American

Journal of Human Biology, 32 (23324), pp. 1 - 10.

Dr Claire Martin

2022

Martin CJ, Muller E, Labadarios D, Veldman F, Kassier S

(2022). Health-related quality of life and associated factors in HIV-positive

transplant candidates and recipients from a HIV-positive donor. Quality Of Life

Research, 31 (1), pp. 171 - 184..

Prof Marlena Kruger

2018

Moosa S, Kasonga AE, Deepak V, Marais S, Magoshi IB, Bester M, Kruger

MC, Coetzee M

(2018). Rooibos tea extracts inhibit osteoclast formation and activity through

the attenuation of NF-kB activity in RAW264.7 murine macrophages

. Food & Function, 9 (null), null: pp. 3301 - 3312.

2019

Kasonga AE, Kruger MC, Coetzee M

(2019). Activation of PPARs Modulates Signalling Pathways and Expression of

Regulatory Genes in Osteoclasts Derived from Human CD14+ Monocytes.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20 (1798), pp. 1 - 17.

 

Kasonga AE, Kruger MC, Coetzee M

(2019). Free fatty acid receptor 4-ß-arrestin 2 pathway mediates the effects of

different classes of unsaturated fatty acids in osteoclasts and osteoblasts.

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, 1864 pp.

281 - 289.

2020

Sagar TJA, Kasonga AE, Baschant U, Rauner M, Moosa S, Marais S, Kruger

MC, Coetzee M

(2020). Aspalathin from Aspalathus linearis (rooibos) reduces osteoclast

activity and increases osteoblast activity in vitro. Journal of Functional Foods,

64 pp. 1 - 11.

Prof Pedro Pisa

2021

Tomescu S, Adebayo J, Crompton T, Kinge C, Akpan F, Rennick M, Chasela C,

Ondura E, Dauda D, Pisa P

(2021). Factors associated with an interruption in treatment of people living

with HIV in USAID-supported states in Nigeria: a retrospective study from

2000–2020. BMC Public Health, 21 pp. 1 - 8.

 

Pisa P, Pisa N, Chikandiwa P, Chikandiwa A

(2021). Economic growth as an underlying probable systemic driver for

childhood obesity in South Africa: A Joinpoint regression and ecological analysis

over 10 years. South African Medical Journal, 111 (3), pp. 220 - 226.

2022

Maskew M, Sharpey-Schafer K, De Voux L, Crompton T, Bor J, Rennick M,

Chirowodza A, Miot J, Molefi S, Pisa P

(2022). Applying machine learning and predictive modeling to retention and viral

suppression in South African HIV treatment cohorts. Scientific Reports, 12

(12715), pp. 1 - 10.

 

Ovens W, Tomescu S, Harrison E, Crompton T, de Nooy A, Jassat W, Banoo S,

Pisa P, Sanne I

(2022). Guiding equitable prioritisation of COVID-19 vaccine distribution and

strategic deployment in South Africa to enhance effectiveness and access to

vulnerable communities and prevent waste. SAMJ South African Medical

Journal, 112 (2), pp. 87 - 95.

- Author Juna Botha

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