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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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Separation of triacylglycerol (TAG) isomers by cyclic ion mobility mass spectrometry
Talanta (2025), Volume: 281 - ISSN 0039-9140 -
Effect of calcium level of fat-free and full-fat cheese curds on the properties of processed cheese prepared therefrom with different calcium sequestering salts
International Dairy Journal (2025), Volume: 160 - ISSN 0958-6946 -
Iron co-limitation of Sargassum fluitans
Aquatic Botany (2025), Volume: 196 - ISSN 0304-3770 -
How bulk liquid viscosity shapes capillary suspensions
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2025), Volume: 678, Issue: B - ISSN 0021-9797 - p. 400-409. -
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 -
Effect of polymeric matrix in anion-exchange membranes on nitrate-chloride separations
Separation and Purification Technology (2025), Volume: 355 - ISSN 1383-5866