Grijze Cellen: Iedereen Gezond

We eat unhealthy and exercise too little. We drink and smoke too much. Campaigns to make us live healthier do not make much difference.

What does help? Should the government give us a push in the right direction via nudging, without us even noticing? Should a fat tax be introduced? Should anyone who becomes ill due to their unhealthy lifestyle have to pay for this themselves financially? Or have we gone too far in our pursuit of health and should everyone decide for themselves what is good for them?

With lectures by Jaap Seidell (professor of nutrition and health at VU Amsterdam) and Luc Bonneux (physician, epidemiologist and author), followed by a conversation led by Eos editor Dieter Decleene.

Free, reservations recommended: www.deburen.eu or 02 212 1930

Luc Bonneux
- doctor, epidemiologist and scientific publicist
- medical training at the University of Antwerp
- worked as a tropical doctor in Congo (1981 to 1986)
- started working at the Tropical Institute in Antwerp
- obtained a master's degree in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene (1988)
- research position at Erasmus University in Rotterdam (1989)
- obtained a PhD in 2001 on the use and application of mathematical models in the evaluation of non-communicable aging diseases
- currently he is a doctor for the Groenhuysen Foundation in the area of Roosendaal.
- published critical pieces on topics such as the dangers of passive smoking, the harmful influence of the sun and the effectiveness of health campaigns.

Jaap Seidell
- studied Science in Health Nutrition at Wageningen UR
- professor of Nutrition and Health and director of the Institute for Health Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam
- scientific director of the Overweight Prevention Research Center Zwolle (OPOZ) and chairman of the Overweight Netherlands Partnership (PON)
- involved in research into the causes and consequences of overweight and the role of lifestyle in the prevention of chronic diseases. He focuses, among other things, on the effectiveness of measures and interventions that can lead to better prevention and care. As an expert in this field, he advises various national and international scientific organizations, including the World Health Organization and the Health Council.
- published more than 400 articles in scientific journals and chapters in books. Together with Jutka Halberstadt he wrote the book Tegenwich - facts and fables about obesity (Bert Bakker, 2011).