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Natural surroundings and health
Natural surroundings can benefit human health in many ways. Wageningen University & Research studies issues concerning the optimal design and management of natural surroundings, the impact of landscape and urban design on social safety and possibilities for using the existing natural surroundings to influence human behaviour.
Examples of how natural surroundings can contribute to human health
- Recovery from stress
- Promotion of social contact
- Ensuring optimal childhood development
- Stimulation of personal development and providing a sense of purpose
- As an impetus for exercise, reducing obesity
Recent publications:
- The Health and Wellbeing Effects of Forests, Trees and Green Space;
- The spatial distribution of microplastics in topsoils of an urban environment - Coimbra city case-study;
- GIANT LEAPS towards healthy and sustainable future diets by filling knowledge gaps on alternative proteins;
- Green Salutogenic Environments;
- Seaweed processing for feed.
All publications (1986 - present)
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Publications
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Atlas Critical Tourism Studies - Asia Pacific Tourism (Event)
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How is knowledge production and use practiced in transdisciplinary research collaboration? Examining routines for water transformation
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New Political Economy Initiative Rural Economy Workshop
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Modulation of soy flour bioactivity against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli by fermentation with exopolysaccharides-producing lactic acid bacteria
Carbohydrate Polymers (2025), Volume: 348, Issue: B - ISSN 0144-8617 -
The effect of alternative agricultural practices on soil biodiversity of bacteria, fungi, nematodes and earthworms : A review
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2025), Volume: 379 - ISSN 0167-8809 -
Extraction and separation of pigments from Saccharina latissima using eutectic solvents
Separation and Purification Technology (2025), Volume: 357, Issue: A - ISSN 1383-5866 -
Self-stratification and phase separation in drying binary colloidal films
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2025), Volume: 679, Issue: B - ISSN 0021-9797 - p. 324-333. -
Impact of olfactory priming on mental representations of food concepts and subsequent food choice
Food Quality and Preference (2025), Volume: 123 - ISSN 0950-3293 -
Compartmentalization vs. segregation of reactants : Accomplishment of the Maillard reaction at the water-water interface
Food Chemistry (2025), Volume: 465 - ISSN 0308-8146 -
Rubisco at interfaces I: Conformational flexibility enhances air-water interface and foam stabilization
Food Hydrocolloids (2025), Volume: 160 - ISSN 0268-005X