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Projects - prof.dr.ir. EJM (Edith) Feskens
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4xD: Vitamin D for preventing Dementia and Depression in Diabetes
The twenty-first century is facing the challenge of an accelerating speed of ageing, and with it an increasing prevalence of ageing-related... -
Assessing dietary protein quality
Protein quality has been identified as a critical question by international authorities (FAO). Protein nutritional quality is related to the capacity... -
Vitamin K and flavonoid intake and cardiovascular health
There is a great need to establish the relevance of vascular function markers to evaluate the impact or potential of diet on cardiovascular health.... -
SLIMMER: A smart way to prevent diabetes
The number of people with type 2 diabetes is sharply rising, causing global concern. However, clinical trials have shown conclusively that diabetes... -
Dietary determinants, inflammation, and type 2 diabetes: insights from observational studies
Incidence of type 2 diabetes has rapidly increased during the last decades. It is a chronic disease caused by impaired insulin action and insulin... -
Food, fiber and health, an integrated approach
Once we know which dietary fibres give people a feeling of fullness, it will be possible to produce food which provides a high degree of satiety and... -
CHANCES: Consortium on Health and Ageing Network of Cohorts in Europe and the United States
CHANCES aims at combining and integrating on-going cohort studies in order to produce evidence on ageing-related health characteristics and...