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At the heart of the project are Mbo students: their perceptions of plant-based food, their consumption of plant-based food, and the solutions they themselves propose to increase the consumption of plant-based food.

Many children do not meet the physical activity guidelines and make unhealthy food choices. Sanne de Vries, PhD endeavours to facilitate a healthy start for everyone through her work, recognizing that "Children and...

Health issues and social problems often go hand in hand. This accumulation of problems is too often still seen as individual problems.

We are extremely proud of the Food Boost Challenge research team! During the Prize Parade at THiNKFeST, Machteld van Lieshout, Wendy Scholtes-Bos and Sanne de Vries received the Pim Breebaart Research Award on behalf of...

During the opening, project leader Arlette Hesselink (University of Applied Sciences Leiden) walked the attendees through the start of the BiBoZ project in 2019 to the project's wish for the near future in 2024. Next...

More and more children in the Netherlands are overweight, don't exercise enough and have poor motor skills. To turn the tide, we need to get children moving. Outdoor playtime can play an important role here in everyday...

The Hague, 30 March 2022 - Of all primary school pupils, 24% scored insufficiently for movement skills last year. Specifically for the group of children ages 9-12, the number was even higher at over 33%.

In my first blog I described how I am researching the problem of the neighbourhood sports coach. I wanted to know more about the evaluation and accountability of the social impact of interventions.

Conducting the research. Most students find it ‘boring. And difficult’. In this monthly blog I will share with you my experiences as a researcher. What challenges I encounter and how I resolve these issues.