A/Prof Janetta Harbron

Associate Professor, Nutrition and Dietetics MSc and PhD Courses Convenor

Research Thrusts

  • Nutrition for health and performance
  • Obesity & Non-communicable diseases

Academic Qualifications

  • BSc Dietetics
  • MSc Nutrition Sciences cum laude
  • PhD Physiological Sciences

Positions

  • Editorial board of Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics (the official journal of the British Dietetics Association, UK)
  • Steering committee: International CO-CREATE project.
  • Registered as Dietitian with the HPCSA
  • Member of the Association for Dietetics in Southern Africa (ADSA).

Research Output

Peer reviewed Publication Number: 19

NRF rating:

Scopus H-index: 7

Google H-index:

 

Google Scholar link or ORCID link

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=h_InMfQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9273-1190

International and national research collaborations

  • CO-CREATE project: Prof Knut-Inge Klepp and Dr Arnfinn Helleve (Norwegian Institute of Public Health, NIPH), Prof Harry Rutter (University of Bath, UK), Prof Cecile Knai and Dr Natalie Savona (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK), Prof Christian Broer (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands), Prof Nanna Lien (University of Oslo, Norway), Prof Deanne Hoelcher (University of Texas, USA).
  • HIV project: Dr Alastair Duncan (University of London)
  • Diabetes and GDM projects, including INDIAGO: Prof N Levitt, Dr K Murphy, Dr Chivese (UCT), Prof S Norris (WITS).
  • Cancer project: Dr Julie Wetter (GSH), Dr Barbara Robertson (GSH).
  • Hospital malnutrition project: Prof Blaauw (Stellenbosch University).
  • Safe passage study: Prof Hein Odendaal (SU).

Recent and noteworthy publications

  1. Oyetunji IO, Duncan A, Booley S, Harbron J. Diet quality, food insecurity and risk of cardiovascular diseases among adults living with HIV/AIDS: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2021;11(10):e047314. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047314.
  2. Cormick G, Betrán AP, Harbron J et al. The Effect of Calcium Supplementation on Body Weight Before and During Pregnancy in Women Enrolled in the WHO Calcium and Preeclampsia Trial. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 2020; 41(3) 332-342.
  3. Senekal M, Nel JH, Malczyk S, Drummond L, Harbron J, Steyn NP. Provincial Dietary Intake Study (PDIS): Prevalence and sociodemographic determinants of the double burden of malnutrition in a representative sample of 1 to under 10-year-old children from two urbanized and economically active provinces in South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(18):3334. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16183334.
  4. Jaca A, Durão S, Harbron J. Omega-3 fatty acids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (Review). South African Medical Journal. 2020; S Afr Med J;110(12):1158-1159. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i12.14730.
  5. Blaauw R, Achar E, Dolman RC, Harbron J, Moens M, Munyi F, Nyatefe D, Visser J. The problem of hospital Malnutrition in the African Continent. Nutrients. 2019;11(9):2028. doi: 10.3390/nu11092028.
  6. Draper CE, Tomaz SA, Bassett SH, Harbron J, Kruger HS, Micklesfield LK, Monyeki A, Lambert EV. Results from the Healthy Active Kids South Africa 2018 Report Card. South African Journal of Child Health 2019;13(3):130-136. doi:10.7196/SAJCH.2019.v13i3.1640
  7. Manning K, Senekal M, Harbron J. Group-based intervention in a primary healthcare setting was more effective for weight loss than usual care. Health SA. 2019; 24(0), a1172.doi: 10.4102/hsag.v24i0.1172.
  8. Krige SM, Booley S, Levitt NS, Chivese T, Murphy K, Harbron J. Dietary Intake and Beliefs of Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes in Cape Town, South Africa. Nutrients. 2018; 10(9). pii: E1183. doi: 10.3390/nu10091183.
  9. Cormick G, Betrán AP, Harbron J, Dannemann Purnat T, Parker C, Hall D, Seuc AH, Roberts JM, Belizán JM, Hofmeyr GJ; Calcium and Pre-eclampsia Study Group.Are women with history of pre-eclampsia starting a new pregnancy in good nutritional status in South Africa and Zimbabwe? BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018;18(1):236. doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-1885-z.

Grants and funding

  • CO-CREATE project (European Union Horizon 20/20 grant funding)
  • Dietary intake and lifestyle intervention for individuals with HIV (UCT funding)
  • Nutrition status of cancer patients (UCT funding)