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Employment (2)

Access to Nutrition Initiative: Utrecht, NL

2023 to present | Senior Researcher
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Brenda de Kok

Ghent University: Ghent, BE

2018 to 2022 | Researcher Global Nutrition (Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health)
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Education and qualifications (4)

Ghent University: Ghent, BE

2018 to 2022 | PhD of Bioscience Engineering: Food Sciences and Nutrition
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Brenda de Kok

Wageningen University: Wageningen, NL

2009 to 2012 | MSc Nutrition and Health (Public Health Nutrition)
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Brenda de Kok

Wageningen University: Wageningen, NL

2006 to 2010 | BSc Nutrition and Health
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Brenda de Kok

University of Guelph: Guelph, ON, CA

2009 to 2009 | MSc Nutrition and Health (exchange semester)
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Works (17)

Prenatal multiple micronutrient-fortified balanced energy-protein supplementation and newborn telomere length and mitochondrial DNA content: a randomized controlled efficacy trial in rural Burkina Faso

2023-11-22 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.22.23298825
Contributors: Giles T. Hanley-Cook; Yuri Bastos-Moreira; Dries S. Martens; Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg; Laeticia Celine Toe; Brenda de Kok; Lionel Ouédraogo; Alemayehu Argaw; Kokeb Tesfamariam; Patrick Kolsteren et al.
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A Multi-Omics and Human Biomonitoring Approach to Assessing the Effectiveness of Fortified Balanced Energy–Protein Supplementation on Maternal and Newborn Health in Burkina Faso: A Study Protocol

Nutrients
2023-09-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/nu15184056
Contributors: Yuri Bastos-Moreira; Lionel Ouédraogo; Marthe De Boevre; Alemayehu Argaw; Brenda de Kok; Giles Hanley-Cook; Lishi Deng; Moctar Ouédraogo; Anderson Compaoré; Kokeb Tesfamariam et al.
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Effect of prenatal micronutrient-fortified balanced energy-protein supplementation on maternal and newborn body composition: A sub-study from the MISAME-III randomized controlled efficacy trial in rural Burkina Faso

PLOS Medicine
2023-07-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004242
Contributors: Alemayehu Argaw; Laeticia Celine Toe; Giles Hanley-Cook; Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg; Brenda de Kok; Lionel Ouédraogo; Anderson Compaoré; Moctar Ouédraogo; Amadi Sawadogo; Rasmané Ganaba et al.
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Harmonization of maternal balanced energy-protein supplementation studies for individual participant data (IPD) meta-analyses – finding and creating similarities in variables and data collection

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2023-02-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-05366-2
Part of ISSN: 1471-2393
Contributors: Alison D. Gernand; Kelly Gallagher; Nita Bhandari; Patrick Kolsteren; Anne CC Lee; Yasir Shafiq; Sunita Taneja; James M. Tielsch; Firehiwot Workneh Abate; Estifanos Baye et al.
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Brenda de Kok

Fortified balanced energy–protein supplementation during pregnancy and lactation and infant growth in rural Burkina Faso: A 2 × 2 factorial individually randomized controlled trial

PLOS Medicine
2023-02-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004186
Contributors: Alemayehu Argaw; Brenda de Kok; Laeticia Celine Toe; Giles Hanley-Cook; Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg; Moctar Ouédraogo; Anderson Compaoré; Katrien Vanslambrouck; Rasmané Ganaba; Patrick Kolsteren et al.
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Fortified Balanced Energy-Protein Supplementation, Maternal Anemia, and Gestational Weight Gain: A Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial among Pregnant Women in Rural Burkina Faso

The Journal of Nutrition
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxac171
Contributors: Giles Hanley-Cook; Laeticia C Toe; Kokeb Tesfamariam; Brenda de Kok; Alemayehu Argaw; Anderson Compaoré; Moctar Ouédraogo; Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg; Patrick Kolsteren; Carl Lachat et al.
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Seasonality and Day-to-Day Variability of Dietary Diversity: Longitudinal Study of Pregnant Women Enrolled in a Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial in Rural Burkina Faso

The Journal of Nutrition
2022-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxac104
Contributors: Giles T Hanley-Cook; Alemayehu Argaw; Brenda de Kok; Laeticia Celine Toe; Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg; Moctar Ouédraogo; Patrick Kolsteren; Lieven Huybregts; Carl Lachat
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Prenatal fortified balanced energy-protein supplementation and birth outcomes in rural Burkina Faso: A randomized controlled efficacy trial

PLOS Medicine
2022-05-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004002
Contributors: Brenda de Kok; Zulfiqar A. Bhutta; Laeticia Celine Toe; Giles Hanley-Cook; Alemayehu Argaw; Moctar Ouédraogo; Anderson Compaoré; Katrien Vanslambrouck; Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg; Rasmané Ganaba et al.
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Fortified Balanced Energy-Protein Supplements Increase Nutrient Adequacy without Displacing Food Intake in Pregnant Women in Rural Burkina Faso

The Journal of Nutrition
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxab289
Contributors: Brenda de Kok; Alemayehu Argaw; Giles Hanley-Cook; Laeticia Celine Toe; Moctar Ouédraogo; Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg; Loty Diop; Elodie Becquey; Patrick Kolsteren; Carl Lachat et al.
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Home consumption of two fortified balanced energy protein supplements by pregnant women in Burkina Faso

Maternal & Child Nutrition
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13134
Contributors: Brenda de Kok; Katie Moore; Leslie Jones; Katrien Vanslambrouck; Laeticia Celine Toe; Moctar Ouédraogo; Rasmané Ganaba; Saskia de Pee; Juliet Bedford; Carl Lachat et al.
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Effect of balanced energy-protein supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on birth outcomes and infant growth in rural Burkina Faso: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038393
Contributors: Katrien Vanslambrouck; Brenda de Kok; Laeticia Celine Toe; Nathalie De Cock; Moctar Ouedraogo; Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg; Giles Hanley-Cook; Rasmané Ganaba; Carl Lachat; Lieven Huybregts et al.
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EAT-<i>Lancet</i> diet score requires minimum intake values to predict higher micronutrient adequacy of diets in rural women of reproductive age from five low- and middle-income countries.

The British journal of nutrition
2020-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114520003864
PMID: 32993824
Contributors: Hanley-Cook GT; Argaw AA; de Kok BP; Vanslambrouck KW; Toe LC; Kolsteren PW; Jones AD; Lachat CK
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Acceptability of 12 fortified balanced energy protein supplements ‐ Insights from Burkina Faso

Maternal & Child Nutrition
2020-08-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13067
Part of ISSN: 1740-8695
Part of ISSN: 1740-8709
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Proposed guidelines to evaluate scientific validity and evidence for genotype-based dietary advice.

Genes & nutrition
2017-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12263-017-0584-0
PMID: 29270237
PMC: PMC5732517
Contributors: Grimaldi KA; van Ommen B; Ordovas JM; Parnell LD; Mathers JC; Bendik I; Brennan L; Celis-Morales C; Cirillo E; Daniel H et al.
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Brenda de Kok via Europe PubMed Central

Effectiveness of a Multilevel Workplace Health Promotion Program on Vitality, Health, and Work-Related Outcomes.

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
2016-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000747
PMID: 27136605
PMC: PMC4883645
Contributors: Hendriksen IJ; Snoijer M; de Kok BP; van Vilsteren J; Hofstetter H
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Brenda de Kok via Europe PubMed Central

Effects of a Theory-Based Education Program to Prevent Overweightness in Primary School Children.

Nutrients
2016-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/nu8010012
PMID: 26742063
PMC: PMC4728626
Contributors: Kocken PL; Scholten AM; Westhoff E; De Kok BP; Taal EM; Goldbohm RA
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Brenda de Kok via Europe PubMed Central

Biofortified cassava with pro-vitamin A is sensory and culturally acceptable for consumption by primary school children in Kenya.

PloS one
2013-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073433
PMID: 24023681
PMC: PMC3758265
Contributors: Talsma EF; Melse-Boonstra A; de Kok BP; Mbera GN; Mwangi AM; Brouwer ID
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Brenda de Kok via Europe PubMed Central
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