Publications by authors named "J D Veldhuis"

Article Synopsis
  • Previous research on cosmetic surgery acceptance has mainly focused on adult females, highlighting the need for qualitative studies on adolescents, who are increasingly becoming the next demographic for cosmetic procedures.
  • This study comprises 13 focus groups with 42 adolescents, analyzing their attitudes and intentions regarding cosmetic procedures through reflexive thematic analysis, resulting in five key themes.
  • The themes include sources of information about cosmetic procedures, the normalization of the cosmetic industry, varied attitudes towards these procedures, intentions to undergo them, and the construction of 'the cosmetic consumer,' illustrating how adolescents perceive and relate to the cosmetic surgery landscape.
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Objective: Evaluating the safety of a more expectative approach than described in the guideline 'Mild traumatic head/brain injury' (mTBI) within children.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Method: Children (0-18 years) with mTBI, who visited the emergency department of Isala between December 2018 and July 2022, were included.

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The hypothalamus is the central regulator of reproductive hormone secretion. Pulsatile secretion of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) is fundamental to physiological stimulation of the pituitary gland to release luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). Furthermore, GnRH pulsatility is altered in common reproductive disorders such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA).

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Studies investigating motives for social networking sites (SNS) use amongst people with eating disorder (ED) symptoms are scarce. The uses and gratifications theory states that people actively select media content to gratify their individual needs and this may help to explain why individuals with eating disorder symptoms choose to expose themselves to specific media content and how they choose to respond. Some evidence exists that readiness to change may be a factor related to SNS use patterns in this population.

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Today, young people spend much of their lives online where they encounter abundant appearance-focused content. In light of the important role that social media platforms like Instagram play in young people's attitudes towards the cosmetic surgery industry, this study investigates passive and active social media usage in relation to young adults' perceptions of cosmetic procedures. In a cross-sectional survey study among 470 Instagram users aged 18-25 years (M = 21.

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