AG&M annual report 2018
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Prof. dr. ir. P.J.M. Weijs<br />
Nutrition & exercise with special attention to protein<br />
In <strong>2018</strong> Peter Weijs was appointed full professor of Nutrition and Exercise, with special reference to Protein at<br />
VUmc. The new Department of Nutrition and Dietetics covers both VUmc and AMC location. His focus in research<br />
is a combination of nutritional and exercise science, which combines perfectly within protein metabolism. Although<br />
his research covers from young children upto old age, and from sports to intensive care, the theme remains a<br />
combined lifestyle approach both in prevention as well as in care setting.<br />
AG&M Numbers and Facts <strong>2018</strong><br />
His more than 30 years of experience with protein has developed into a subject with societal impact, e.g. his<br />
studies concerning the importance of protein for the intensive care patient as well as nutrition and exercise<br />
intervention studies in (obese) older adults (with or without type 2 diabetes).<br />
Since 2009 he is also professor of Nutrition and Exercise at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. His<br />
research groups have now been combined into one. He is linked to the Zorg op het bord initiative within the<br />
AmsterdamUMC. Within VUmc and AMC, as well as OLVG, an intensive dietetic care path has been developed in<br />
combination with an exercise program for malnourished elderly (Pro-Intens), the stepped wedge design RCT will<br />
start by the end of 2019.<br />
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