Sabine Makkes MSc
- Telefoon:+31 20 59 83673
- Kamernr:t-641
- E-mail:s.makkes@vu.nl
- Onderdeel:faculteit der aard- en levenswetenschappen (sectie preventie en volksgezondheid)
Introduction
Sabine Makkes got her bachelor of science in biomedical sciences at Leiden University in 2005. After working for one year, in 2008 she graduated at the VU University Amsterdam in Health Sciences. In 2009 she started working at the VU University at the Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences as a PhD candidate. The research project she is currently working on is HELIOS. The objective of this study is to compare the cost-effectiveness of two intensive one-year interventions in severely obese children and adolescents in comparison with each other and with usual care (waiting list control). The two interventions are different with respect to the length of the hospitalisation period.
Academic training
2006-2008 MSc Health Sciences Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam
2001-2005 BSc Biomedical Sciences Universiteit Leiden
Current research project
A randomised controlled trial called HELIOS; Health Effects of Lifestyle Interventions in Obese children and adolescents Study, to study the cost-effectiveness.
Publications
Makkes, S., Montenegro-Bethancourt, G., Groeneveld, I.F., Doak, C.M., Solomons, N.W. (2010, in press). Beverage consumption and anthropometric outcomes among schoolchildren in Guatemala. Maternal and Child Nutrition.
Last update June 16, 2010
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