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Research Epidemiology Research units
University Medical Center Groningen

Lifestyle medicine in obesity and diabetes

Mission

To discover how a healthy diet can impact the onset, treatment, remission and comorbidities in chronic diseases.

Content

Diet has great potential to impact the onset, treatment, remission and comorbidities in chronic diseases. Nutrition can make a difference, but knowledge about the influence of nutrition on our health falls short for specific (vulnerable) population groups, especially in people with a chronic illness and obesity, children and elderly. We study the role of diet using observational studies and lifestyle interventions. As outcomes, we study weight gain and obesity, glucose metabolism and diabetes type 2, major chronic diseases, multimorbidity and mortality. We look at associations between these factors from different perspectives: how do such associations change with age, or with severity of illness? Are they influenced by gender, socio-economic status, or region of residence?

Senior staff
Name Title e-mail address Topic
Eva Corpeleijn (unit chair) Associate professor e.corpeleijn umcg.nl Lifestyle and metabolism
Daan Kromhout Professor d.kromhout umcg.nl Nutrition and cardiovascular disease
Marloes Cardol Data manager m.cardol umcg.nl GECKO Drenthe birth cohort
PhD fellows Collaboration
Mian Bao Dr. Torsten Plösch, Perinatal Neurobiology m.bao umcg.nl Early life risk and growth in children
Elise de Boer Prof. Pieter van 't Veer, Wageningen University e.w.de.boer umcg.nl Healthy and systainable diets
Yeliz Eski Prof. Harold Snieder, dept. Epidemiology y.eski umcg.nl Genetics of physical activity
Rafael Ogaz Gonzalez UNAM r.e.ogaz.gonzalez umcg.nl Multimorbidity and frailty
Maryse Osté Nephrology, UMCG m.c.j.oste umcg.nl Diet and health in kidney patients
Jie Yang Em. Prof. Gerjan Navis, Nephrology j.yang01 umcg.nl Determinants of a healthy diet in children
Lu Yang Movement Sciences l.jang umcg.nl Physical activity and mental health
Qihua Wang Prof. Harold Snieder, dept. Epidemiology q.wang umcg.nl Genetics and diet
Manuela Yepes Calderon Prof. Stephan Bakker, Internal Medicine m.yepes.calderon umcg.nl Diet and oxidative stress
Junyang Zou Dr. Sabita Soudamah-Muthu, Tilburg University j.zou umcg.nl Sugars and health
Qian Zou Prof. Gertonb Lunter, dept. Epidemiology q.zou umcg.nl Lifestyle and multimorbidity
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