Give to... healthy children

From fries to fruit, from sweets to sweet potato... how do we encourage our children to develop healthier eating habits? This research question lies at the heart of the Chair of Youth, Food and Health. Professors Remco Havermans and Edgar van Mil are asking for your contribution to a new sub-project, in which they are investigating whether babies can be primed for good nutrition even before birth. Help us to create a healthy next generation!

“Modern lifestyle, especially poor dietary habits, contributes to the increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. We strongly believe that promoting the development of healthy eating patterns at a young age will benefit the physical and psychological wellbeing of future generations. That is the challenge motivating our work within the chair Youth, Food, and Health” – Edgar van Mil and Remco Havermans.

About project owners Remco Havermans and Edgar van Mil
Remco Havermans (l. in picture) is professor at Maastricht University Campus Venlo (Faculty of Science and Engineering). Edgar van Mil (r. in picture) is a paediatric endocrinologist and specialist in diabetes and endocrine disease at the Jeroen Bosch Hospital. 




For Each Other 2020
Over the past 12 months, Maastricht University again devoted itself to the important tasks of education and research, with the ultimate aim of building a better society. As ever, the University Fund Limburg/SWOL supports the university in this effort. But your support is essential, too. Together, we will make this project a success! Are you there For Each Other?

You make your donation to the University Fund Limburg/SWOL, the charitable foundation of Maastricht University. This fund is a registered public benefit organisation (ANBI), which means your donation is tax deductible. For more information, please visit the website of University Fund Limburg/SWOL: www.ufl-swol.nl.