Nutrihealth study: Folate and vitamin B12 status among Slovenian adults and elderly
Creators: name: Maša Hribar
name: Hristov, Hristo
name: Gregorič, Matej
name: Urška Blaznik
name: Zaletel, Katja
name: Oblak, Adrijana
name: Joško Osredkar
name: Kušar, Anita
name: Žmitek, Katja
name: Pravst, Igor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: slovenia; nutritional status; vitamin B12; folic acid

description: Abstract submitted to 14th European Public Health Conference 2021: Public health futures in a changing world (Virtual event; 10 – 12 November 2021)
description: Funding: The Nutrihealth study was part of the research project L3-8213 "Children's and adults' nutrition as a protective or health-risk factor", funded by the Slovenian Research Agency and Ministry of Health of Republic of Slovenia. This work was also supported within the research program P3-0395 (Nutrition and Public health) and project L7-1849 (Challenges in achieving adequate vitamin D status in the adult population). Acknowledgments: We acknowledge support of Irena Rogelj, head of research project L3-8213, and the regional community healthcare centers and hospitals for collection of biological samples in the Nutrihealth study. We are grateful to the staff of UKC Ljubljana (Troha Poljančič Vera, Gaberšček Simona) and all medical laboratory teams across Slovenia led by Spomenka Lajtner (Community Health Center Ljubljana); Jana Žnidaršič (Community Health Center Cerknica), Katarina Furar (Community Health Center Ivančna Gorica); Tomaž Vargazon (Community Health Center Kamnik); Ljubica Štefanič (Community Health Center Kočevje); Irena Sluga (Community Health Center Litija); Jolanda Prah (Community Health Center Maribor); Jelica Štanta (Community Health Center Gornja Radgona); Ana Gruškovnjak (Community Health Center Ljutomer); Edita Ružič (Community Health Center Murska Sobota); Mojca Završnik (Hospital Ptuj); Tanja Lađić (General Hospital Slovenj Gradec); Tina Kochler (Community Health Center Slovenska Bistrica); Mojca Kozmelj (Community Health Center Celje); Maja Škerjanc (Community Health Center Velenje); Branka Svetic (Community Health Center Kranj); Sabina Nabernik (Community Health Center Jesenice); Marko Rudež (Community Health Center Škofja Loka); Vanja Pahor (General Hospital Izola); Damjana Bogataj (Community Health Center Ajdovščina); Andreja Seljak (Community Health Center Idrija); Kristina Gruden (Community Health Center Nova Gorica); Valentina Buda (Community Health Center Postojna); Polonca Stopar (Community Health Center Sežana); Zalka Murovec (Community Health Center Tolmin); Danijela Furlan (General Hospital Novo mesto); and Andreja Kerin (General hospital Brežice). This study was conducted on participants of the SI.Menu 2017/18 survey, funded by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA contract No. OC/EFSA/DATA/2014/02-LOT2-CT03), Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovenian Research Agency. Therefore, we also acknowledge support from all SI.Menu project partners and their researchers, particularly Nataša Defar, Metka Zaletel, Darja Lavtar, Ada Hočevar Grom, and Ivan Eržen (National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia); Anita Kušar (Nutrition Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia); Petra Golja and Katja Zdešar Kotnik (University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia); Stojan Kostanjevec (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Ljubljana, Slovenia); Majda Pajnkihar (University of Maribor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maribor, Slovenia); Tamara Poklar Vatovec (University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Koper, Slovenia); Barbara Koroušić Seljak (Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia); Nataša Fidler Mis and Evgen Benedik (University Medical Center Ljubljana, University Children's Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia). We also acknowledge the support of Mrs. Veronika Belec and her team and interviewers at the GfK Research Institute (Slovenia) in conducting field work for this survey.