The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is relatively high among people with a low socioeconomic status (SES). As lifestyle is crucial in T2D management, patients are advised to live healthily, but incorporating lifestyle changes in daily life is not easy. It may be even more difficult for people with …

Abstract: Sedentary behaviour in children, four years of age and older, has increased over the last decades. These children become physically less skilled, which demotivates them for regular sports activities. They become susceptible to health risks such as obesity and have a heightened chance to develop …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Although up-to-date definitions for nutrition assessment integrate behavioural components, it is not clear what behavioural components are to be assessed. Since behavioural modification is linked to effective therapeutic dietetic interventions, assessing behaviour and factors influencing …

Gezondheid is een veelbesproken onderwerp: iedereen is immers ervaringsdeskundig met betrekking tot zijn of haar eigen gezondheid. Gaat het niet over gezond eten dan wel over bewegen, balans vinden of het omgaan met psychische problematiek. Het gesprek over gezondheid kan de zelfredzaamheid van een individu …

This contributed volume is based on the "European Core Competences Framework for health and social care professionals working with older people" (ECCF), developed and verified in a unique international cooperation between 26 universities and universities of applied sciences in 25 European countries, …

Introductie Ongezonde voedselverleidingen zijn niet meer weg te denken uit het Amsterdamse straatbeeld. Daarom heeft de gemeente Amsterdam een samenwerking opgesteld tussen ondernemers om dit probleem in de stad gezamenlijk aan te pakken genaamd: ‘Ondernemers voor een gezond Amsterdam’. Leo de Haas, …

Hoe denken cliënten en professionals over de kwaliteit van het contact en de onderlinge samenwerking tussen cliënten en professionals in het (semi)gedwongen kader? En helpt het volgens hen als zij daar samen af en toe systematisch over praten aan de hand van een door ons (Hogeschool Utrecht) ontwikkeld …

Multiple organizations around the world have issued evidence-based exercise guidance for patients with cancer and cancer survivors. Recently, the American College of Sports Medicine has updated its exercise guidance for cancer prevention as well as for the prevention and treatment of a variety of cancer …

Deliberate practice, an iterative process that leads to expertise, is found to be positively associated with superior performance in domains such as sports, education, and entrepreneurship. At the same time, deliberate practice is also seen as being less than enjoyable and difficult to pursue consistently. …

In Luganda, the widest spoken minority language in East African country Uganda, the word for photographs is Ebifananyi. However, ebifananyi does not, contrary to the etymology of the word photographs, relate to light writings. Ebifananyi instead means things that look like something else. Ebifananyi …