Human Nutrition & Health

Projects

Projects per year 2001 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024

• 127 Active
• 226 Finished

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  The vitamin D pathway and pancreatic cancer risk

  van Duijnhoven, F.

  1/07/11 → 1/07/14

  Project: PostDoc

• Cardiovascular health: Relevance of cardiovascular function markers. The role of polyphenols on vascular function.

  Dower, J., Geleijnse, M., Kromhout, D. & Hollman, P.

  20/06/11 → 27/06/16

  Project: PhD

  • Catechin 100%
  • Quercetin 91%
  • Cardiovascular Diseases 57%
  • Health 38%
  • Chocolate 20%

• The psychological and psychobiological measurement of aroma induced emotions.

  He, V., de Graaf, K., Boesveldt, S. & de Wijk, R.

  1/06/11 → 15/03/16

  Project: PhD

  • Facial Expression 100%
  • Autonomic Nervous System 86%
  • Odorants 77%
  • Food 59%
  • Emotions 38%

• New methods to evaluate improvement of immune defense and wellbeing

  Schrieks, I. & Witkamp, R.

  1/05/11 → 8/06/15

  Project: PhD

  • Alcohol Drinking 100%
  • Alcohols 52%
  • alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein 29%
  • Quality of Life 24%
  • Satureja 20%

• Cardiovascular Health: Relevance of cardiovascular function markers. The role of sodium and potassium on vascular function.

  Gijsbers, L., Geleijnse, M. & van 't Veer, P.

  11/04/11 → 13/09/17

  Project: PhD

  • Potassium 100%
  • Sodium 92%
  • Blood Vessels 65%
  • Blood Pressure 55%
  • Vascular Stiffness 23%

• Long term product acceptance in regular consumers.

  Gutjar, S., de Graaf, K. & Jager, G.

  1/04/11 → 4/09/15

  Project: PhD

  • Food 100%
  • Emotions 71%
  • Product Packaging 59%
  • Choice Behavior 53%
  • Breakfast 45%

• Dietary patterns, biomarkers and cardiovascular diseases

  Sijtsma, F., Kromhout, D. & Soedamah-Muthu, S.

  1/03/11 → 5/11/15

  Project: PhD

  • atherosclerosis 100%
  • eating habits 97%
  • biomarkers 80%
  • nutritional adequacy 58%
  • cardiovascular diseases 49%

• Genomic and lipodomic profiling of nutritional interventions in sarcopenic obese animal models mimicking inflammation-induced reduction of appetite.

  Dwarkasing, J., Witkamp, R., Boekschoten, M. & van Norren, K.

  15/02/11 → 11/11/15

  Project: PhD

  • Appetite Regulation 100%
  • Anorexia 53%
  • Serotonin 47%
  • Cachexia 30%
  • Eating 30%

• Efficacy trial of a household water treatment and Zn fortification as a delivery system for zinc in low income settings.

  Kujinga, P., Zimmermann, M., Brouwer, I. & Moretti, D.

  2/01/11 → 17/05/16

  Project: PhD

• Traditioneel kruidenpreparaat tegen een moderne volksziekte

  Esser, D., Muller, M. & Afman, L.

  1/01/11 → 1/01/15

  Project: PostDoc

• Optimizing the beneficial health effects of exercise for diabetes: focus on the liver

  Alex, S.

  1/12/10 → 1/12/13

  Project: PostDoc

• Influence of dietary protein on gene expression, metabolic phenotype and nutrient signaling in the gut-liver axis - impllication for protein synthesis and energy nutrient homeostasis, feeding behaviour, body composition and metabolic disorders.

  Rietman, A., Kok, F. & Mensink, M.

  1/11/10 → 11/09/15

  Project: PhD

  • Dietary Proteins 100%
  • Lipid Metabolism 76%
  • Fatty Liver 60%
  • Lipids 51%
  • Glucose 49%

• Contribution of rural and urban diets to gestational diabetes, and its effect on infants' glucose intolerance in Tanzania.

  Mwanri, A. & Feskens, E.

  25/10/10 → 16/03/15

  Project: PhD

  • Tanzania 100%
  • Gestational Diabetes 92%
  • Public Health 59%
  • Pregnancy 21%
  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 17%

• Tailoring an existing lifestyle intervention to reduce metabolic syndrome in individuals with low SES from different ethnic origins

  Bukman, S., Feskens, E. & Renes, R.

  1/10/10 → 26/04/16

  Project: PhD

  • Social Class 100%
  • Life Style 85%
  • Nutritionists 19%
  • Exercise 13%
  • Language 13%

• EU-CHANCES: Consortium on Health and Ageing Network of Cohorts in Europe and the United States.

  Jankovic, N., Feskens, E., Kampman, E., de Groot, L. & Geelen, A.

  1/10/10 → 13/02/15

  Project: PhD

  • Healthy Aging 100%
  • Healthy Diet 90%
  • Neoplasms 25%
  • Elderly 18%
  • Diet 15%

• The impact of gut-derived short-chain fatty acids on diet-related transcriptional regulation in mouse intestine and liver.

  Lange, K., Muller, M. & Hooiveld, G.

  15/09/10 → 24/04/15

  Project: PhD

  • large intestine 100%
  • dietary fiber 73%
  • short chain fatty acids 57%
  • propionates 26%
  • colon 25%

• From evidence-based to practice-based: (Cost)effectiveness of SLIM diabetes prevention intervention in real-life setting.

  Duijzer, G., Feskens, E., Hiddink, G. J. & Haveman-Nies, A.

  1/09/10 → 19/02/16

  Project: PhD

  • Life Style 100%
  • Quality-Adjusted Life Years 96%
  • Primary Health Care 96%
  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 92%
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis 90%

• Optimizing the beneficial health effect of exercise for diabetes: focus on the liver!

  Catoire, M., Kersten, S. & Mensink, M.

  16/08/10 → 15/10/14

  Project: PhD

  • exercise 100%
  • skeletal muscle 97%
  • legs 15%
  • gene expression 13%
  • biopsy 13%

• Probing the role and regulation of plasma ANGPTL4 in mouse and human: a potential biomarker for metabolic syndrome

  Weijers, C. & Stienstra, R.

  1/07/10 → 1/07/13

  Project: PostDoc

• HabEat. Taste development and eating behaviour on vegetables for young children (2-5 years).

  de Wild, V., de Graaf, K. & Jager, G.

  15/06/10 → 30/10/15

  Project: PhD

  • vegetable consumption 100%
  • vegetables 62%
  • learning 29%
  • toddlers 28%
  • breast feeding 26%

• Variation and changeability of dietary patterns: a prerequisite for public health interventions.

  van Lee, L., Feskens, E. & Geelen, A.

  1/05/10 → 11/11/14

  Project: PhD

  • Healthy Diet 100%
  • Evaluation Studies 79%
  • Food 50%
  • Nutrition Policy 31%
  • Meals 28%

• Variation and changeability of dietary patterns: a prerequisite for public health interventions.

  Hooft van Huysduynen, E., van Woerkum, C. & de Vries, J.

  1/04/10 → 7/11/14

  Project: PhD

  • healthy diet 100%
  • counseling 99%
  • Dietary Guidelines 61%
  • food intake 47%
  • fruit consumption 39%

• Heritability of non-heme iron absorption: moving towards individualized dietary recommendations for iron.

  Gichohi, W., Feskens, E., Zimmermann, M. & Melse-Boonstra, A.

  1/04/10 → 11/03/15

  Project: PhD

  • genotype-phenotype correlation 100%
  • iron 50%
  • ferritin 26%
  • malaria 26%
  • ancestry 25%

• Dietary proteins and the metabolic syndrome.

  van Nielen, M., Feskens, E. & Mensink, M.

  2/03/10 → 20/10/15

  Project: PhD

  • metabolic syndrome 100%
  • observational studies 94%
  • dietary protein 75%
  • noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus 58%
  • protein intake 51%

• Healthy ageing: overweight/underweight.

  de Hollander, E. & de Groot, L.

  1/02/10 → 9/10/13

  Project: PhD

  • Health Status 100%
  • Body Mass Index 82%
  • Weights and Measures 73%
  • Quality of Life 37%
  • Coronary Disease 36%

• Influence of dietary protein and gene expression

  Mensink, M., Schwarz, J. & Muller, M.

  15/01/10 → 15/01/13

  Project: PostDoc

• 4xD: Vitamin D for preventing Dementia and Depression in Diabetes.

  Brouwer-Brolsma, E., Feskens, E., de Groot, L. & Steegenga, W.

  11/01/10 → 14/10/14

  Project: PhD

  • Vitamin D 100%
  • Cognition 84%
  • Homeostasis 78%
  • Depression 70%
  • Glucose 67%

• Micronutrient malnutrition in low income populations from central and eastern Euopean countries.

  Novakovic, R., de Groot, L., van 't Veer, P. & Geelen, A.

  2/01/10 → 2/07/13

  Project: PhD

  • socioeconomic status 100%
  • dietary minerals 99%
  • socioeconomics 95%
  • folic acid 94%
  • Dietary Reference Intakes 29%

• Young children with obesity: treatment and cardiovascular risk.

  van Hoek, E., Feskens, E. & Bouwman, L.

  2/01/10 → 18/09/15

  Project: PhD

  • Pediatric Obesity 100%
  • Child Development 96%
  • Adipose Tissue 43%
  • Child 31%
  • Overweight 22%

• Improvement of risk assessment by integrating toxicological and epidemiological approaches: the case of isoflavones.

  van der Velpen, V., Schouten, E., van 't Veer, P., Afman, L. & Geelen, A.

  16/11/09 → 20/06/14

  Project: PhD

  • Isoflavones 100%
  • Risk Assessment 66%
  • Adipose Tissue 37%
  • Equol 35%
  • Estrogens 27%

• BMI, body composition, micronutrient nutrition and health

  Cepeda Lopez, A., Zimmermann, M. & Melse-Boonstra, A.

  23/09/09 → 30/09/15

  Project: PhD

  • Malnutrition 100%
  • Iron 88%
  • Obesity 74%
  • Hepcidins 29%
  • Blood Volume 26%

• Diet, dietary supplements and body fatness in colorectal tumour recurrence and survival.

  Heine-Broring, R., Kampman, E. & Winkels, R.

  1/09/09 → 18/11/15

  Project: PhD

  • Dietary Supplements 100%
  • Colorectal Neoplasms 77%
  • Adenoma 32%
  • Recurrence 16%
  • Cohort Studies 11%

• Probing the role and regulation of plasma ANGPTL4 in mouse and human: a potential biomarker for metabolic syndrome

  Mattijssen, F. & Kersten, S.

  1/09/09 → 15/05/14

  Project: PhD

  • angiopoietins 100%
  • lipid metabolism 57%
  • droplets 54%
  • hypoxia 53%
  • receptors 39%

• Efficacy of interventions aiming at improvement of micronutrient status of women and children with a special focus on iron.

  Moretti, D.

  1/08/09 → 1/08/11

  Project: PostDoc

• European micronutrient recommendations alligned.

  Dullemeijer, C.

  4/04/09 → 1/07/11

  Project: PostDoc

• Meta-analysis of dairy intake and cardiovascular disease

  Soedamah-Muthu, S. & Geleijnse, M.

  1/01/09 → 1/01/10

  Project: PostDoc

• Fermentation in the gut prolongs satiety

  Haenen, D., Muller, M., Hooiveld, G. & Kemp, B.

  1/12/08 → 18/09/13

  Project: PhD

  • resistant starch 100%
  • short chain fatty acids 92%
  • satiety 92%
  • digestive system 67%
  • fermentation 57%

• "Mum can i have Brussels' sprouts again?"

  Barends, C., de Graaf, K., Mojet, J. & de Vries, J.

  1/11/08 → 30/06/15

  Project: PhD

  • Brussels sprouts 100%
  • Chrysanthemum morifolium 92%
  • vegetable consumption 59%
  • vegetables 56%
  • fruits 27%

• Onderwijsontwikkeling

  Busstra, C.

  15/10/08 → 1/01/12

  Project: Staff

• Systems biology of fatty acid sensing

  Ohid Ullah, M., Muller, M. & Hooiveld, G.

  14/10/08 → 8/10/12

  Project: PhD

  • systems biology 100%
  • transcriptomics 71%
  • peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha 70%
  • homeostasis 70%
  • white adipose tissue 62%

• Efficacy of consumption of provitamin A rich cassave in improving vitamin A status in Kenya.

  Talsma, E., Kok, F., Zimmermann, M., Brouwer, I. & Melse-Boonstra, A.

  1/10/08 → 3/07/14

  Project: PhD

  • Provitamins 100%
  • Manihot 97%
  • Vitamin A 65%
  • Vitamin A Deficiency 32%
  • Nutrients 24%

• Food, fiber and health, an integrated approach.

  Wanders, A., Feskens, E., de Graaf, K. & Mars, M.

  1/09/08 → 12/04/13

  Project: PhD

  • Dietary Fiber 100%
  • Appetite 85%
  • Satiation 63%
  • Energy Intake 50%
  • Food 31%

• Diet, inflammation and type 2 diabetes.

  Groenendijk-van Woudenbergh, T., Feskens, E. & Kuijsten, A.

  1/07/08 → 20/11/13

  Project: PhD

• Evidence-based intervention program for healthy ageing

  Honigh-de Vlaming, R., de Groot, L., van 't Veer, P. & Haveman-Nies, A.

  19/05/08 → 19/04/13

  Project: PhD

  • public health 100%
  • evaluation 62%
  • social support 32%
  • mass media 27%
  • literacy 26%

• B-vitamins for the prevention of osteoporotic fractures in elderly people.

  van Wijngaarden, J., de Groot, L. & Dhonukshe-Rutten, R.

  13/05/08 → 22/11/13

  Project: PhD

• Diet and early changes in endothelial function

  Esser, D., Muller, M. & Afman, L.

  1/05/08 → 26/08/13

  Project: PhD

  • Fats 100%
  • Health 64%
  • Unsaturated Fatty Acids 61%
  • Fatty Acids 48%
  • Selectins 37%

• Dietary strategies to augment muscle mass and function

  Tieland, M. & de Groot, L.

  1/04/08 → 7/06/13

  Project: PhD

  • Frail Elderly 100%
  • Physical Functional Performance 69%
  • Dietary Proteins 62%
  • Elderly 52%
  • Resistance Training 47%

• Effect of dietary protein, peptides and amino-acids on blood pressure.

  Altorf-van der Kuil, W., van 't Veer, P., Engberink, M. & Geleijnse, M.

  15/03/08 → 14/09/12

  Project: PhD

  • Dietary Proteins 100%
  • Epidemiologic Studies 66%
  • Blood Pressure 50%
  • Hypertension 30%
  • Proteins 27%

• Gene diet interaction and the metabolic syndrome.

  Povel, C. & Feskens, E.

  1/02/08 → 23/05/12

  Project: PhD

  • Metabolic Syndrome 100%
  • Cluster Analysis 97%
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 22%
  • HDL Cholesterol 15%
  • Waist Circumference 13%

• Estimation of nutrient intake for support in food policy making - simulations and method development.

  van 't Veer, P.

  1/02/08 → 29/06/11

  Project: PhD

  • nutrition policy 100%
  • food policy 91%
  • dietary minerals 65%
  • dietary supplements 54%
  • iodized salt 38%