Nutrition

Our mission

We strive for a society in which nutrition is fully recognized and utilized as a cornerstone of health, empowering general and patient populations to live healthier lives and achieve the best possible health outcomes across the continuum of care.

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Our mission

Goals

See some of the most important goals for this research program.

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Goals

The overall aim of the Research Program Nutrition is to generate, advance, and disseminate knowledge on optimizing diet, nutritional intake, nutritional status and nutritional care in general and patient populations through accessible, sustainable, and interprofessional nutritional assessments and interventions. This informs clinical practice, healthcare policy, and future research.

Recognition of (risk of) malnutrition
Transition to (more) plant-based nutrition
Valuable interprofessional and transitional nutritional care
Nutrition as preventive strategy
Personalized nutritional interventions

Research groups contributing to this research program

Allied health sciences

Philip van der Wees's research group aims to have a significant impact on people’s daily lives through research and education in allied healthcare.

Innovative strategies in inflammatory bowel disease

Marjolijn Duijvestein's research group aims to improve outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease by integrating patient-centered care, clinical innovation, smart technologies, and sustainable healthcare.

Nursing science acute and intensive care

Mark van den Boogaard's research group conducts a large multicenter prospective cohort study collecting a.o. patients reported outcomes of ICU-survivors regarding physical, mental and cognitive functioning/problems and quality of life. This is worldwide the largest long-term follow-up study.

Spokepersons

Prof. dr. Harriët Jager-Wittenaar

Harriët Jager-Wittenaar

Prof. dr. Geert Wanten

Geert Wanten