Physical activity and dietary intake in patients with ovarian cancer

Overall, this thesis advocates to move beyond the measurement of BMI to assess body composition, because other measures of body composition such as muscle and fat measures seem more promising as a prognostic factor for clinical outcomes. In addition, this thesis highlights the need for physical activity and dietary interventions in patients with ovarian cancer as their current physical activity levels and dietary intake are suboptimal. To improve adherence rates to a physical activity and dietary intervention, it is important to tailor this intervention to ovarian cancer-specific adverse effects and comorbidities. Future interventions should incorporate strategies to improve self-efficacy and outcome expectations to increase their efficacy, while also taking age into account. Experimental trials consisting of a combined physical activity and dietary intervention are warranted to provide insight into the effect of a physical activity and dietary intervention on clinical outcomes in patients with ovarian cancer during chemotherapy treatment.