Welcome to the project page for the Preserving Health research line! See how our funded project explore which lifestyle interventions work best with adults with a low socio-economic status.
2025

Rising temperatures increase heat stress in cities. Cooling Down the City brings residents, researchers and urban professionals together in the Cartesius neighbourhood in Utrecht to co-create heat-resilient and socially equitable urban solutions.

This projectaims to create a coordinated, evidence-based, and participatory healthy campus strategy across the EWUU alliance. By moving to a shared alliance-wide framework, EWUU campuses will become living labs for preventive health innovation.
2024

How do system actors bend the rules of the system to mitigate socioeconomic insecurity and enhance health among vulnerable populations?

Towards a healthy, sustainable and just protein transition
Stronger policies and interventions are needed to reshape the food environment and ensure the transition supports sustainable, healthy, and equitable diets.
2023

Ultra-processed dietary patterns
The project aims to address these gaps and advance the understanding of ultra-processed foods’ impact on self-efficacy for healthy eating.

