Projects

Children are exercising less and less, resulting in underdeveloped motor skills. That is why the Healthy Lifestyle in a Stimulating Environment research group has developed a motor skills test together with the VU...

The GO-BSO project provides practical tools for after-school care (BSO) pedagogical professionals to help children develop healthy eating and physical activity habits.

This project maps how inclusive play areas are used, whether children with disabilities also visit them, and whether children with and without disabilities play together there.

Two out of five young children do not get enough physical activity, and one in five shows concerning motor development. Despite the attention given to this issue, efforts to change this have not been sufficiently...

This project is called CUPIDO, an abbreviation for Community-Up Plant-based Innovations for healthy Diets and new business opportunities.

Only 50 percent of young people meet the daily exercise guideline. This project investigates how young people can be motivated to exercise, with a stronger focus on diversity and inclusion in physical education classes.

More and more children in the Netherlands are overweight, don't exercise enough and have poor motor skills. For children to become healthy and fit adults, it is important to encourage them to exercise more.

A multidisciplinary consortium aimed at developing healthy exercise habits for young children aged 0 to 3 years.

Professionalization to make the leap from local action to systemic change for sport and physical activity.

The Sport & Exercise Professorship Platform was established in 2016.

Start (V)aardig is a study on the physical literacy of preschoolers. After all, children who learn to exercise well at an early age and enjoy it, often develop an active lifestyle. Neighbourhood sport coaches can play a...

People with vitality who – literally and figuratively – feel comfortable in their own skin use less healthcare. Increasing vitality by eating healthily and getting enough exercise has a positive effect on people and the...