Profile
Title
Dr
Name and surname
Mariaan Wicks
Job title
Senior Lecturer, Subject Chair
Telephone
+27 18 299 2468
Fax
+27 18 299 2464
E-mail
13009494@nwu.ac.za
Physical address
Building G16, Room 156, Potchefstroom Campus
Campus
Potchefstroom
Qualifications
PhD Dietetics
Expertise
Nutrition-focused interventions to combat and prevent obesity and non-communicable diseases with a special interest in nutrient profiling.
Background
Mariaan Wicks is a registered dietitian and serves as the subject head and senior lecturer in Dietetics at North-West University, South Africa. She has a special interest in nutrition-focused interventions to combat and prevent obesity and non-communicable diseases, with a specific focus on nutrient profiling and food labelling. She earned her PhD in Dietetics in 2017, focusing on the use of nutrient profiling to regulate the marketing of foods to children in South Africa.