Preventive Health & Healthy Ageing
Chronic disease and ageing populations challenge healthcare systems worldwide. Preventive health focuses on what truly makes a difference: nutrition, lifestyle and behaviour, grounded in science.
Here you develop evidence-based knowledge and practical insights to promote health, prevent disease and support healthy ageing, directly connected to professional practice.
Our courses (10)
Insight into nutrition, lifestyle and behaviour
Societies around the world are ageing, while chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and dementia continue to rise. People are living longer, yet too often those additional years are spent in poor health. This trend puts pressure not only on individual wellbeing, but also on healthcare systems, labour markets and societies as a whole.
Preventive health offers a powerful response. By focusing on nutrition, lifestyle and behaviour, professionals can help prevent disease, support healthy ageing and increase the number of years people live in good health. To do this effectively, reliable, science-based knowledge is essential, not fragmented advice or short-lived trends.
Wageningen University & Research supports professionals with evidence-based insights and practical tools to design, assess and apply preventive health strategies in real-world contexts.
Preventive health, viewed integrally
What distinguishes this learning environment is the integrated Wageningen approach to health.
Health is not treated as a purely medical issue, but as the result of interactions between biological processes, dietary patterns, behaviour, lifestyle and societal context. The offering connects expertise from nutrition science, epidemiology, biology and food technology with insights from the social sciences that explore behaviour and the living environment.
Participants learn from leading researchers working at the forefront of preventive health and healthy ageing. Scientific rigour is always combined with applicability, enabling professionals to translate research findings into concrete interventions, policies and practice.
This creates a learning environment where evidence, context and application come together and where professionals learn to distinguish solid science from popular claims.
Frequently Asked Questions
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WUR offers a wide range of programmes for Bachelor's and Master's students, as well as for professionals and for anyone with a healthy appetite for knowledge. MOOCs specifically are open courses where anyone is welcome to join, regardless of your educational and professional background.
Please view the course or programme description of your interest to find specific information on the required entrance level and prerequisites.
WUR welcomes people from all over the world; native and non-native speakers. The language of most courses is English. Depending on the programme an advise or requirement is stated. English language requirements for admission to a Master’s programme and Master courses is defined for Dutch nationals, EU nationals and nationals outside EU/EFTA, respectively.
For MOOCs and all other Professional Education programmes CEFR level B2 is advised, not obligatory. A B2 user can communicate easily and spontaneously in a clear and detailed manner. This is not yet an experienced speaker, but a B2 user is able to understand and be understood in most situations.
We offer self-paced courses, that allow you to study at your own time and pace. Also we offer instructor-paced courses, where the pace is set by the instructor and course material becomes available as the course progresses. This allows you to study from anywhere and still interact with peers and enjoy qualified live instruction.
After you enroll, you will receive a confirmation of your registration via email. Be sure to check your spambox. If you still can’t find the confirmation email, don’t hesitate to contact us.
That depends on the programme. For more information, see the description of the programme of your choice.
If you have any questions about a specific program, please contact the programme manager. Go to the course of your choice and click on the blue ‘contact form’ button.
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