This communication aims to provide a framework on how to integrate the concept of Circular Economy (CE) when addressing real-life urban challenges such as resource scarcity, greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, waste, and high consumerism (Williams, 2019), through delivery of courses to students of various …

Background: Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is an increasing phenomenon and has been linked to several negative health consequences. The aim of this umbrella review is the assessment of effectiveness and certainty of evidence of nutrition and exercise interventions in persons with SO.  Method: We searched for …

Tussen de Dag van de Leraar 2022 en de dag van de Staat van het Onderwijs 2023 is met steun van het Nationaal Regieorgaan Onderwijsonderzoek een podcastreeks geproduceerd rond de vraag hoe er meer ontwikkeltijd voor leraren gecreëerd kan worden. Onder de titel Minder uren, betere lessen? gingen Erik …

The closing of schools and sports clubs during theCOVID-19 lockdown raised questions about thepossible impact on children’s motor skilldevelopment. Therefore we compared motorcompetence development over a one-year periodamong four different cohorts of primary schoolchildren. A total of 992 children from …

During the New Energy Forum, we will have a climate café. Our urban and rural environment are becoming increasingly vulnerable for climate change and there is an urgent need to become more resilient. ClimateCafé is a field education concept involving different fields of science and practice for capacity …

Purpose : Adolescents are insufficiently physically active and spent too much time sitting, which provides a health risk. In the current study the municipality of Amsterdam, secondary schools, experts in urban sports and researchers work together to stimulate healthy exercise behavior of adolescents. …

In their developmental model, Stodden et al. (2008) propose age- dependent relations between motor competence, physical activity, perceived motor competence, physical fitness, and weight status that can lead to a spiral of (dis)engagement. The goal of this study was to explore these relations in a large …

In het programma ‘Agency arrangeren’ onderzoeken we welke elementen in activiteiten voor en met jongeren (12-18 jaar) deze jongeren ondersteunen in het ontwikkelen van ‘agency’. We richten ons daarbij op jongeren die in een achterstandspositie verkeren en/of anderszins kwetsbaar zijn. Het ervaren van …