Nutrition and Disease
The Nutrition and Disease Group focuses on cardiometabolic diseases, cancer, gastro-intestinal diseases and obesity. Our societal mission is to decrease the risk of (chronic) disease and improve the health of those with a disease through better nutrition. Our scientific mission is to conduct interdisciplinary human observational and experimental research on nutrition in disease aetiology, during treatment and for prognosis.
Chair holder
News
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Marianne Geleijnse of the Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands has won an American Heart Association 2025 Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award.
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Voedsel eten om kanker tegen te gaan: '1 glas melk per dag helpt'
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Kankerdeskundige: ‘Terwijl iedereen doordrongen is van het risico van roken, ligt dat bij bier heel anders’
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Research lines
Cancer
Cardiometabolic diseases
Chronic bowel diseases
Obesity treatmentEducation
We contribute to several bachelor and master programmes.
Our publications
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Circulating tryptophan–kynurenine pathway metabolites are associated with all-cause mortality among patients with stage I–III colorectal cancer
International Journal of Cancer (2025), Volume: 156, Issue: 3 - ISSN 0020-7136 - p. 552-565. -
Ultraprocessed Food Intake and Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Among Women Observed in the Nurses’ Health Study Cohorts
Arthritis Care and Research (2025), Volume: 77, Issue: 1 - ISSN 2151-464X - p. 50-60.