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Natural surroundings and health
Natural surroundings can benefit human health in many ways. Wageningen University & Research studies issues concerning the optimal design and management of natural surroundings, the impact of landscape and urban design on social safety and possibilities for using the existing natural surroundings to influence human behaviour.
Examples of how natural surroundings can contribute to human health
- Recovery from stress
- Promotion of social contact
- Ensuring optimal childhood development
- Stimulation of personal development and providing a sense of purpose
- As an impetus for exercise, reducing obesity
Recent publications:
- The Health and Wellbeing Effects of Forests, Trees and Green Space;
- The spatial distribution of microplastics in topsoils of an urban environment - Coimbra city case-study;
- GIANT LEAPS towards healthy and sustainable future diets by filling knowledge gaps on alternative proteins;
- Green Salutogenic Environments;
- Seaweed processing for feed.
All publications (1986 - present)
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Publications
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pH-induced conformational changes of lupin protein-pectin mixtures and its effect on air-water interfacial properties and foaming functionality
Food Hydrocolloids (2025), Volume: 158 - ISSN 0268-005X -
Plate size or plating? Effects of visual food presentation on liking, appetite, and food-evoked emotions in online and real-life contexts
Food Quality and Preference (2025), Volume: 122 - ISSN 0950-3293 -
Consumer acceptance of mycelium as protein source
Food Quality and Preference (2025), Volume: 122 - ISSN 0950-3293 -
Dietary starch, non-starch polysaccharides and their interactions affect nutrient digestibility, faecal waste production and characteristics differentially in three salmonids : Rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon and Arctic charr
Aquaculture (2025), Volume: 595 - ISSN 0044-8486 -
Effects of settleable versus unsettled biofloc removal strategy on aquaculture system performance and microbial community
Aquaculture (2025), Volume: 595, Issue: 1 - ISSN 0044-8486 -
Can earthworms and root traits improve plant struvite-P uptake? A field mesocosm study
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2025), Volume: 377 - ISSN 0167-8809 -
Unravelling the dominant role of phosphorylation degree in governing the functionality of reassembled casein micelles : Implications for future dairy production through precision fermentation
Food Hydrocolloids (2025), Volume: 159 - ISSN 0268-005X -
Increasing the purchase intentions for suboptimal products : Comparing potential marketing strategies
Food Quality and Preference (2025), Volume: 123 - ISSN 0950-3293 -
Associating structural characteristics to immunomodulating properties of carrot rhamnogalacturonan-I fractions
Carbohydrate Polymers (2025), Volume: 347 - ISSN 0144-8617 -
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial community dynamics in biofloc systems supplemented with non-starch polysaccharides
Aquaculture (2025), Volume: 594 - ISSN 0044-8486