Break-out sessions

Obesogenic Environment

20 May 2022

13:45 – 14:30 hrs, Room Solar

Our Exposome-NL PhD students Haykanush Ohanyan (Utrecht University) and Thao Minh Lam (Amsterdam UMC) will introduce you to the obesogenic environment and share results of their current research projects.

Thao Minh Lam
"How much does your neighborhood weigh? Quantifying obesogenic built environment using a composite indicator approach"

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Decoding the exposome

Decoding the exposome

The environment we live in has a dominant impact on our health. It explains an estimated seventy percent of the chronic disease burden. Where we live, what we eat, how much we exercise, the air we breathe and whom we associate with; all of these environmental factors play a role. The combination of these factors over the life course is called the exposome. There is general (scientific) consensus that understanding more about the exposome will help explain the current burden of disease and that it provides entry points for prevention and ...

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