Our research in the Netherlands is shown below

Current research grants

Prof Johannes Brug
EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research
VU University Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Project title: Genes and environment in obesogenic behaviour: Exploring the relative importance of environmental and genetic factors on sedentary behaviour and sleep duration during adolescence - a study in adolescent twins (2009/08)

Study Population: Young Netherlands Twin Registry.

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Dr Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita
Dept of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Division of Internal Medicine & Dermatology (DIGD)
National Institute of Public Health & the Environment (RIVM)
Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Project title: Plasma carotenoids, retinol, tocopherols, and vitamin C and risk of colorectal cancer within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) (2008/23)

Study Population: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). This is a multicentre study of approximately 500,000 participants from 10 European countries.

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Prof Dr Ellen Kampman
Dept of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Division of Human Nutrition
Wageningen University and Research Centre
Wageningen, The Netherlands

Project 1 title: Selenium and the prostate: Clinical trials on availability to prostate tissue and effects on gene expression. (2005/63)

Study Population 1: Men aged between 40 to 89 years recruited from the University Medical Centre Nijmegenm Canusuis Wilhemina Hospital (Nijmegen) and Rijnstate Hospital (Arnhem).

Project 2 title: Selenium status and chemoprevention of oesophageal cancer in selenium deficient area, China (2005/64)

Study Population 2: 300 adult residents of Taixing County, eastern Jiangsu Province, aged between 30-65, with oesophageal mucosa high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia.

Project 3 title: Effect of folic acid and vitamin B12 supplementation on DNA methylation (2009/68)

Study Population 3: B-vitamins for prevention of osteoporotic fractures project (B-PROOF).  B-PROOF is a multi-centre, randomised, parallel intervention study investigating the effects of B-vitamin supplementation on the prevention of fractures.

WCRF Project Group, the Netherlands, Wageningen University: WCRF-Wageningen University collaboration researching colorectal cancer survivors' dietary supplements and body fatness.

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Dr Mai Chin Paw
Dept of Public and Occupational Health
EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Project title: Determinants of effective interventions: mediators and moderators of school-based interventions aimed at energy balance behaviour (2008/65)

Study Population: Intervention studies in European countries (JUMP-in, The Dutch Obesity Intervention in Teenagers (DOiT), Krachtvoer, Belgium intervention study in secondary schools (BISSS)) and Australia (Switch-Play).

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Dr Leo J. Schouten
Dept of Epidemiology, GROW - School for Oncology & Developmental Biology
Maastricht University
Maastricht, The Netherlands

Project title: Nutritional and Lifestyle Characteristics of Vegetarian and Very Low Meat Diets as Determinants of Subsequent Cancer Risk (2009/11)

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Dr Carla van Gils
Dept of Clinical Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care
University Medical Centre Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Project 1 title: Plasma carotenoids, vitamin C and risk of breast cancer (2006/13)

Project 2 title: Feasibility of large-scale mammographic density assessments in EPIC (2008/SD10)

Study Population for projects 1 and 2: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). This is a multicentre study of approximately 500,000 participants from 10 European countries.

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Dr M.P. Weijenberg
Dept of Epidemiology, Nutrition Toxicology Research Institute (NUTRIM)
University of Maastricht
Maastricht, The Netherlands

Project title: Body weight and height, weight change, energy restriction in childhood and physical activity as determinants of colorectal cancer: the role of (epi)genetic instability (2007/54)

Study Population: Netherlands Cohort Study on diet and cancer (NLCS). The NLCS was initiated in 1986 and comprises a total of 58,279 men and 62,573 women between the ages of 55 and 69 years at baseline.

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