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Older people really benefit from adopting a healthy lifestyle

Healthy lifestyle
By: Lisette de Groot · 3 December 2015
Category: Nutrition & elderly

The senior citizen community is increasing and the government wants to support them to remain independent for as long as possible.

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Healthy ageing: vital seniors who are longer independent

Healthy ageing
By: Lisette de Groot · 1 December 2015
Category: Nutrition & elderly

Barbara, Paul, Robert and Linda are all around the age of 70. They live an active life and want to stay in their own homes as long as possible. Wageningen University & Research has the knowledge to respond to the needs of this diverse target group. In this article, I…

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SenTo: Enthusiastic seniors make ground-breaking research possible

SenTo
By: Esmée Doets · 23 November 2015
Category: Nutrition & elderly

“When can I try some of your delicious food again?”, e-mailed 80-year-old Mr. Verhoef, a little impatiently. Along with 800 peers, he is part of SenTo, helping Wageningen University & Research doing research on how older people experience and appreciate foods. No one is more motivated to cooperate in research…

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