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Assistant Professor, Division of Human Nutrition at Wageningen University & Research
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Proxy markers of serum retinol concentration, used alone and in combination, to assess population vitamin A status in Kenyan children: a cross-sectional study. Talsma EF, Verhoef H, Brouwer ID, Mburu-de Wagt AS, Hulshof P, Melse-Boonstra A. BMC Med. 2015 Feb 11;13(1):30. doi: 10.1186/s12916-014-0256-5.
Zinc biofortification of rice in China: a simulation of zinc intake with different dietary patterns. Qin Y, Melse-Boonstra A , Yuan B, Pan X, Dai Y, Zhou M, Wegmueller R, Zhao J, Kok FJ, Shi Z. Nutrients. 2012 Jun;4(6):517-28.
Sharply higher rates of iron deficiency in obese Mexican women and children are predicted by obesity-related inflammation rather than by differences in dietary iron intake. Cepeda-Lopez AC, Osendarp SJ, Melse-Boonstra A, Aeberli I, Gonzalez-Salazar F, Feskens E, Villalpando S, Zimmermann MB. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 May;93(5):975-83.
Iodine deficiency in pregnancy, infancy and childhood and its consequences for brain development. Melse-Boonstra A , Jaiswal N. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Feb;24(1):29-38.
A dual-isotope-labeling method of studying the bioavailability of hexaglutamyl folic acid relative to that of monoglutamyl folic acid in humans by using multiple orally administered low doses. Melse-Boonstra A , Verhoef P, West CE, van Rhijn JA, van Breemen RB, Lasaroms JJ, Garbis SD, Katan MB, Kok FJ. Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Nov;84(5):1128-33.
Dr. Alida Melse is Assistant Professor in the Division of Human Nutrition at Wageningen University. She received her MSc and PhD from Wageningen University 1997 and 2003, respectively.
Dr. Alida Melse-Boonstra focuses in her research on new and sustainable solutions for micronutrient malnutrition in low and middle income countries. She studies vitamin A, iron, iodine and zinc deficiencies in relation to growth and health in vulnerable population groups such as pregnant women, infants, children and adolescents. She applies various stable isotope dilution technique to assess nutrient status and absorption. Major highlight of her research during the past few years is the research on biofortified cassava in Kenya and in Nigeria. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University & Research. She teaches in undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate courses on topics related to her research.