UGENT, BELGIUM

Universiteit Gent

The University of Ghent hosts within the Department of Public Health a highly qualified nutrition unit with a multidisciplinary research scope, uniting expertise from medicine, biomedical and nutrition sciences, epidemiology, public health, health economy and local politics

Our involvement

by Prof. Stefaan de Henauw


This research unit is involved in EU projects: HELENA, IDEFICS, EEN project and the EU FP7 “Toy Box”. This multidisciplinary research platform has a unique potential for groundbreaking research in obesity prevention.