23
November
2022
23/11/2022
09:00
Jaarbeurs Utrecht


Overweight and obesity will only decrease if we work on prevention in several places at the same time: from micro to macro environments. Therefore, experts from multiple disciplines need to work together. But how? At this conference they will work on solutions together.

The figures don’t lie: in the Netherlands more than half of the population has overweight and about 14% is obese. In the US, the figures are as high as 72% and 42% respectively. And the numbers are only increasing. This is causing more chronic diseases and social problems, such as social inequality, high healthcare costs and less labor productivity. But how can we turn the tide? ‘Prevention’ and ‘integrated approach’ are important keywords, but how do you tackle it and what works? 

On 23 November 2022 the Institute for Preventive Health (i4PH) of the alliance TU/e, WUR, UU, UMC Utrecht will organize the conference ‘Accelerating cooperation to stop overweight and obesity’. Experts, from scientists to practitioners, will share their vision on the biggest challenges in preventing overweight and obesity AND work out solutions together. i4PH will reward the teams with the best ideas with seed money for further research. In return, the teams will share the insights from their project so we can all benefit from it.

Why join the conference?

During this conference you will:

  • hear all about the biggest challenges in different environments
  • get to work on solutions to the biggest challenges
  • get a chance to win seed funding for research projects
  • meet various experts (all stakeholders are represented) 

Programme

Please find more information about the programme, speakers, the venue and contact information here

Register

Click here to register for the conference.