MetaHealth Healthy weight and healthy teeth for children

Project: Research

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Description

MetaHealth is a large research consortium with fundamental and applied research partners both from public and private organizations. The program includes 19 PhD projects and several research projects by post-docs.

In 2022, the consortium received 10 million euro grant from NWO for the years 2023 to 2030 within the Dutch National Research Agenda Research along Routes by Consortia (NWA-ORC) call. Of the total budget, 1 million euro is contributed by the co-funding partners either via in kind or in cash contribution.

Health in a microbial, sociocultural and care context in the first 1000 days of life.

to enhance the inclusivity of less-privileged families in health-outcomes-centred research.
to understand the interplay between microbiome, lifestyle, culture and environment and their role on oral and metabolic health during the first 1000 days of life in a culturally and socially diverse population.
to provide fundamental knowledge on the establishment of a healthy microbiome and on processes that enhance or diminish a beneficial host-microbiome symbiosis;
to create and evaluate acceptable interventions that contribute to maintenance of metabolic and oral health with special focus on families from low socio-economic position (SEP), leading towards minimizing the health-disparities gap;
to create in vitro and in silico models of the host and microbiome interplay in a sociocultural and care context;
to develop e-health platform for all stakeholders on the maintenance of oral and metabolic health during the first 1000 days of life.
AcronymMetaHealth
StatusActive
Effective start/end date1/01/2331/12/30

Collaborative partners

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

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