Collaborating Centres
Netherlands
Name of Centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutrition
Head of Centre:
Dr. Wanda Bemelmans
Dr. Joop van Raaij
E-mail:
Wanda.Bemelmans@rivm.nl
joop.van.raaij@rivm.nl
Institution and Address:
Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA
Bilthoven
Netherlands
Phone Number:
+31 30 274 4297
Fax Number:
+31 30 274 4407
Region:
EURO
Date of Designation:
09 September 2008
Last Redesignation:
09 September 2012
Expiry:
09 September 2014
Terms of Reference:
- To work with WHO on the development, implementation and evaluation of national and international food consumption surveys, nutritional status surveys, and physical activity and overweight surveys; and on request of WHO, to provide specialized related training courses
- To assist WHO in epidemiological research on diet, lifestyle, and chronic diseases (in particular obesity, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes) and in related cost calculation research
- To contribute to WHO’s work on assessment of health benefits and health risks of dietary patterns and of consumption of foods (traditional, reformulated, functional) and food supplements
- To work with WHO on effectiveness, reach and costs of lifestyle interventions, on innovative enrichment of lifestyl interventions with social media, and on most appropriate ways of organisation and evaluation of health promotion, resulting in development and evaluation of national and European plans of action for nutrition, physical activity and overweight prevention
Subjects:
- Nutrition
- Health promotion & education
- Noncommunicable diseases other than those specifically mentioned
Types of activity:
- Research
- Evaluation
- Product development (guidelines; manual; methodologies; etc.)