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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  Determinants of malnutrition in community-dwelling and institutionalized older adults.

  Borkent, J., Feskens, E. & de van der Schueren, M.

  1/09/20 → 9/11/22

  Project: PhD

  • Malnutrition 100%
  • Long-Term Care 57%
  • Independent Living 54%

• Vitamin deficiencies after bariatric surgery

  Smelt, M. & Hazebroek, E.

  1/05/20 → 16/09/22

  Project: PhD

• Adolescent nutrition in Indonesia.

  Asrullah, M., Feskens, E., L'Hoir, M. & Melse-Boonstra, A.

  1/03/19 → 9/05/23

  Project: PhD

  • Anemia 100%
  • Menarche 72%
  • Indonesia 69%
  • Puberty 41%
  • Iron 32%

• Empowerment of pregnant women to have a healthier dietary intake. The development, implementation and evaluation of an integral strategy

  Wagemakers, A., Feskens, E., de Vries, J. & Cremers, S.

  1/11/18 → 1/11/22

  Project: Staff

  • pregnant women 100%
  • social status 30%
  • family situation 17%
  • midwife 14%
  • Social Environment 12%

• Cardioferment. Associating markers of intake of fermented foods with cardiometabolic factors in a real-life observational cohort.

  Li, K., Feskens, E. & Brouwer-Brolsma, E.

  1/09/18 → 30/03/22

  Project: PhD

  • fermented foods 100%
  • biomarkers 58%
  • food intake 57%
  • dairy products 27%
  • dairy consumption 18%

• Bioavailability of phytoestrogens in protein based food for weight management.

  Kalsum Binti Hussain Zaki, U., Feskens, E., Capuano, E. & Trijsburg, L.

  1/09/18 → 8/11/22

  Project: PhD

  • Fermentation 100%
  • Processed foods 79%
  • Biological Availability 73%
  • Brewing 70%
  • Pickling 64%

• Sustainable food-based dietary guidelines in food system context in Vietnam.

  Van, T. T. D., Feskens, E. & Talsma, E.

  1/06/18 → 19/12/22

  Project: PhD

• Nutritional status after bariatric surgery.

  Heusschen, L., Hazebroek, E. & Berendsen, A.

  16/04/18 → 31/05/23

  Project: PhD

  • bariatric surgery 100%
  • nutritional adequacy 15%
  • research projects 14%
  • surgery 13%
  • nutritional status 13%

• Anti-inflammatory diet and exercise as "add-on" therapy in inflammatory Bowel Disease.

  Lamers, C., Witteman, B. & de Roos, N.

  1/03/18 → 8/06/22

  Project: PhD

  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 100%
  • Exercise 68%
  • Guidelines 68%
  • Diet 51%
  • Nutrition Policy 28%

• Nutritional solutions for undernutrition later in life

  Verwijs, M., de Groot, L. & de van der Schueren, M.

  15/02/18 → 9/09/21

  Project: PhD

  • Malnutrition 100%
  • Meta-Analysis 17%
  • Delivery of Health Care 14%
  • Switzerland 12%
  • Spain 11%

• Mechanisms and potential health effects of milk fat.

  Deng, L., Kersten, S. & Afman, L.

  15/02/18 → 22/11/22

  Project: PhD

• “We should be able to decide”- Obesogenic factors influencing dietary behaviours of adolescents in Ethiopia

  Trübswasser, U., Feskens, E. & Talsma, E.

  1/02/18 → 8/07/22

  Project: PhD

  • influencing behavior 100%
  • Ethiopia 74%
  • food 47%
  • adolescent 40%
  • Food 24%

• Development and evaluation of apps for nutrition and health behavior research.

  Lucassen, D., Feskens, E., Brouwer-Brolsma, E. & Mars, M.

  2/01/18 → 20/12/22

  Project: PhD

• Perioperative management of pulmonary and cardiovascular comorbidities in patients undergoing bariatric surgery

  van Veldhuisen, S. & Hazebroek, E.

  2/01/18 → 30/11/22

  Project: PhD

  • Bariatrics 100%
  • Bariatric Surgery 88%
  • Perioperative Care 51%
  • Postoperative Complications 34%
  • Quality of Life 34%

• Development and Evaluation of Ethiopian Food-based dietary guidelines and a Healthy Eating Index

  Bekele, T., Feskens, E., Trijsburg, L. & de Vries, J.

  1/10/17 → 30/08/22

  Project: PhD

  • Dietary Guidelines 100%
  • dietary recommendations 34%
  • committees 27%
  • healthy eating habits 18%
  • stakeholders 13%

• Investigating gastric digestion of structured foods by MRI-bridging in vitro and in vivo data.

  Deng, R., de Graaf, K., Janssen, A., Mars, M. & Smeets, P.

  20/09/17 → 11/05/22

  Project: PhD

  • magnetic resonance imaging 100%
  • stomach 60%
  • digestion 56%
  • monitoring 47%
  • gels 25%

• Vitamin D, inflammation and survival of colorectal cancer.

  Wesselink, V., Kampman, E. & van Duijnhoven, F.

  1/09/17 → 12/10/21

  Project: PhD

  • Vitamin D 100%
  • Colorectal Neoplasms 85%
  • Inflammation 63%
  • Magnesium 24%
  • Mortality 24%

• Diet as treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.

  Rijnaarts-Modder, I., Witteman, B., Zoetendal, E., de Roos, N. & de Wit, N.

  1/09/17 → 24/06/22

  Project: PhD

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome 100%
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome 86%
  • Emotions 69%
  • Diet 60%
  • Dietary Fiber 50%

• Design and sensory perception of multi-scale food structures fabricated by 3D printing.

  Zhu, S., Schutyser, M., Stieger, M. & van der Goot, A. J.

  1/09/17 → 22/06/22

  Project: PhD

  • Textures 100%
  • Cheeses 47%
  • Vegetables 40%
  • 3D printers 30%
  • Physical properties 27%

• ProMuscle in Practice: Resistance exercise and dietary protein to promote maintenance of physical functioning and independence of community-dwelling elderly in Gelderland.

  Dorhout, B., de Groot, L., Doets, E. & Haveman-Nies, A.

  21/08/17 → 21/01/22

  Project: PhD

  • Sarcopenia 100%
  • Life Style 78%
  • Pilots 62%
  • Dietary Proteins 60%
  • Muscles 58%

• To like or not to like: on negotiating taste in children of families with lower socioeconomic status.

  van der Heijden, A., de Graaf, K., te Molder, H. & Jager, G.

  1/06/17 → 8/07/22

  Project: PhD

  • socioeconomic position 100%
  • food 56%
  • eating behavior 28%
  • health 7%
  • conversation 5%

• The effect of flavor additives on attractiveness, product preference and addictiveness of e-cigarettes.

  Krusemann, E., de Graaf, K. & Boesveldt, S.

  16/03/17 → 16/03/21

  Project: PhD

  • cigarettes 100%
  • electronics 77%
  • flavor 68%
  • liquids 33%
  • flavorings 19%

• Food odors: The captain of your appetite?

  Morquecho Campos, P., de Graaf, K. & Boesveldt, S.

  15/03/17 → 15/06/21

  Project: PhD

  • physiological response 100%
  • odors 78%
  • appetite 29%
  • snacks 20%
  • saliva 20%

• How to navigate a tempting food environment.

  de Vries, R., de Graaf, K., de Vet, E. & Boesveldt, S.

  15/03/17 → 30/08/21

  Project: PhD

  • Spatial Memory 100%
  • Feeding Behavior 87%
  • Food 63%
  • Snacks 9%

• Time to taste: A dietary intervention to improve wellbeing and fitness of overweight people with a disrupted circadian rhythm.

  de Rijk, M., Feskens, E., Boesveldt, S. & de Vries, J.

  1/02/17 → 13/12/22

  Project: PhD

  • Circadian Rhythm 100%

• Kinetics of fermentation of fibres inside the lumen of the human gut, and its effect on human metabolism in vivo.

  van Trijp, M., Kersten, S., Afman, L. & Hooiveld, G.

  1/02/17 → 11/02/22

  Project: PhD

  • intestines 100%
  • fermentation 84%
  • carbohydrates 82%
  • kinetics 78%
  • degradation 72%

• Lifestyle patterns after colorectal cancer diagnosis: role in cancer recurrence, comorbidities and survival.

  van Zutphen, M., Boshuizen, H., Kampman, E. & van Duijnhoven, F.

  1/02/17 → 11/10/21

  Project: PhD

  • Life Style 100%
  • Colorectal Neoplasms 97%
  • Recurrence 70%
  • Survival 67%
  • Mortality 19%

• Ten2Twenty: Convergence and trade offs of nutritional, social and economic pathways during adolescence among girls in low and middle income countries

  Madjdian, D., Koelen, M., Vaandrager, L. & Talsma, E.

  9/01/17 → 10/09/21

  Project: PhD

  • Nepal 100%
  • nutrition 70%
  • adolescent 47%
  • Marriage 23%
  • Poverty 21%

• The selfish tumour; changes in muscle micro-environment and energy homeostasis underlying cancer-induced muscle wasting.

  van der Ende, M., Keijer, J., Witkamp, R., Grefte, S. & van Norren, K.

  6/12/16 → 28/01/22

  Project: PhD

  • cachexia 100%
  • skeletal muscle 59%
  • neoplasms 49%
  • muscles 37%
  • vibration 30%

• The role of macrophage metabolism and functioning in driving obesity-induced inflammation and the development of type 2 diabetes.

  van Dierendonck, X., Kersten, S. & Stienstra, R.

  1/12/16 → 27/08/21

  Project: PhD

  • Adipose Tissue 100%
  • Monocytes 99%
  • Macrophages 83%
  • Obesity 83%
  • Lipid Droplets 80%

• Ten2Twenty: The interplay between nutritional, social and economic pathways during adolescence among girls in Ghana.

  Azupogo, F., Feskens, E. & Brouwer, I.

  15/11/16 → 31/01/22

  Project: PhD

  • Ghana 100%
  • nutrition 89%
  • adolescence 84%
  • adolescent 49%
  • hypertension 44%

• New approaches for the Dutch national food consumption surveys.

  Zhang, L. & Boshuizen, H.

  11/10/16 → 16/11/20

  Project: PhD

  • food consumption 100%
  • food intake 36%
  • food records 35%
  • nutrient databanks 34%
  • methodology 26%

• A dynamic model for improved food and nutrition governance: Application to the subnational level nutrition coordination framework in Uganda

  Namugumya, B., Termeer, K., Candel, J. & Talsma, E.

  15/09/16 → 16/04/21

  Project: PhD

  • Uganda 100%
  • nutrition 83%
  • governance 62%
  • earning a doctorate 11%
  • nutrition policy 7%

• Flare versus remission in inflammatory bowel disease: a potential role for bile acid dysmetabolism?

  van der Lugt, B., Kersten, S. & Steegenga, W.

  5/09/16 → 17/09/21

  Project: PhD

  • gastrointestinal diseases 100%
  • bile acids 90%
  • intestinal microorganisms 80%
  • intestines 66%
  • mucus 42%

• Fishing for endogenous inhibitors of inflammation derived from 'omega-3 fatty acids'; unravelling the interactions between N-docos ahexaenoylethanolamide and cyclooxygenase COX-2.

  de Bus, I., Witkamp, R., Zuilhof, H., Albada, B. & Balvers, M.

  1/09/16 → 8/10/21

  Project: PhD

  • Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid 100%
  • Metabolic 68%
  • Antiinflammatory 43%
  • Prostaglandin E3 23%
  • Prostaglandin E2 22%

• Survival of cardiovascular patients: A matter of fat?

  Pertiwi, K., Geleijnse, M. & Kupers, L.

  1/09/16 → 13/01/21

  Project: PhD

  • Coronary Disease 100%
  • Fatty Acids 96%
  • Epidemiologic Studies 94%
  • Fats 84%
  • Myocardial Infarction 82%

• Smell and taste disorders: effects on food preferences, eating behaviour and the brain.

  Postma, E., de Graaf, K. & Boesveldt, S.

  1/09/16 → 15/01/21

  Project: PhD

  • Feeding Behavior 100%
  • Brain 50%
  • Food Preferences 39%
  • Olfactory Bulb 33%
  • Food 31%

• ENERGISE: Targeting energy metabolism to combat cardiovascular disease.

  Ruppert, P. & Kersten, S.

  1/08/16 → 18/12/20

  Project: PhD

  • angiopoietins 100%
  • fasting 83%
  • lipoprotein lipase 74%
  • peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors 54%
  • adipose tissue 44%

• Optimizing bariatric procedures.

  Boerboom, A. & Hazebroek, E.

  1/08/16 → 10/02/23

  Project: PhD

  • Bariatrics 100%
  • Gastric Bypass 91%
  • Extremities 29%

• Adolescents nutrition in Mexico, Ten2Twenty Project.

  Zarate Ortiz, A., Feskens, E., Cepeda Lopez, A. & Melse-Boonstra, A.

  12/04/16 → 16/05/22

  Project: PhD

  • Iron 100%
  • Depression 78%
  • Menarche 72%
  • Mexico 39%
  • Inflammation 22%

• Nutritional factors iin relation to muscle health during ageing.

  Grootswagers, P., de Groot, L. & Mensink, M.

  1/04/16 → 11/11/20

  Project: PhD

  • Physical Functional Performance 100%
  • Muscles 89%
  • Vitamin B 6 62%
  • Muscle Strength 33%
  • Leg 33%

• Physiological determinants of natural eating behaviour in consumers varying in age, ethnicity and eating capability.

  Ketel, E., Stieger, M., de Graaf, K. & de Wijk, R.

  1/04/16 → 16/10/20

  Project: PhD

  • nationalities and ethnic groups 100%
  • mouth 66%
  • gender 52%
  • physiology 20%
  • sweetness 10%

• Effect of spatial distribution of fat droplets on oral processing behaviour and dynamic sensory perception of gelled foods.

  Fuhrmann, P., Scholten, E., Stieger, M. & Sala, G.

  15/03/16 → 29/06/20

  Project: PhD

  • tribology 100%
  • fats 87%
  • food 80%
  • rheology 76%
  • oils 65%

• Time to indulge in foods.

  van Bommel, R., Stieger, M., de Graaf, K. & Jager, G.

  1/03/16 → 10/09/20

  Project: PhD

  • emotions 100%
  • consumer science 77%
  • sensory properties 76%
  • consumer attitudes 53%
  • mastication 47%

• The missing middle in SDG 2

  Veldhuizen, L., Giller, K., Slingerland, M., Brouwer, I., Oosterveer, P. & de Boer, I.

  9/01/16 → 9/07/20

  Project: PostDoc

• At the heart of the matter: the role of fish-oil derived endocannabinoids, nutritional intervention and exercise in cardia cachexia.

  Vinke, P., Witkamp, R. & van Norren, K.

  2/01/16 → 9/12/21

  Project: PhD

  • Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 100%
  • Micronutrients 28%
  • Monocrotaline 27%
  • Pulmonary Hypertension 24%
  • Therapeutics 13%

• The impact of quality protein maize on child growth of Ethiopian children: A randomized controlled trial.

  Anegago, M. T., Feskens, E. & Brouwer, I.

  2/01/16 → 6/10/20

  Project: PhD

  • Mycotoxins 100%
  • Zinc 73%
  • Zea mays 49%
  • Growth 38%
  • Aflatoxins 35%

• FoodBall: The Food Biomarker Alliance.

  Michielsen, C., Feskens, E., Kersten, S. & Afman, L.

  1/11/15 → 22/01/21

  Project: PhD

  • biomarkers 100%
  • nutrition research 29%
  • diet 28%
  • microRNA 27%
  • nutrition 16%

• ENERGISE: Targeting energy metabolism to combat cardiovascular disease - Molecular targets to enhance energy metabolism and improve cardiometabolic health.

  Defour, M. & Kersten, S.

  14/09/15 → 8/10/21

  Project: PhD

  • peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors 100%
  • lipid metabolism 80%
  • fasting 80%
  • liver 35%
  • androgens 34%

• SUSFANS project; Modelling SHARP (Sustainablle, Healthy, Affordable, Reliable, Palatable) diets for EU consumers.

  Mertens, E., Geleijnse, M., van 't Veer, P. & Kuijsten, A.

  7/09/15 → 8/01/20

  Project: PhD

  • diet 100%
  • noninfectious diseases 35%
  • Dietary Guidelines 34%
  • food supply chain 34%
  • consumer preferences 28%