Emeritus professor Willem de Vos wondered: ‘What would happen if we took this bacterium from healthy people and gave it to sick people — via a supplement?’ Photo Shutterstock

Bacterium from healthy guts helps diabetics control their disease

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Because diabetes patients need them in their own intestines.

Chocolate makes your mouth water even when you don’t much want any

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What our mind thinks doesn’t always match how our body reacts.

Ultra-processed food increases risk of frailty

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Effect persists even with a high-quality diet.

PhD student creates bite counting tool for nutrition research

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Thanks to Michele Tufano, manually annotating every bite is a thing of…

Rubber ducks help Lowlands visitors separate waste

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Wageningen social scientists at Lowlands again in 2024.

Will this sports summer motivate us to move?

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‘Make sure you show that the performance level of elite athletes is…

Heptathlete and student Sofie Dokter competes in Olympics

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‘I aim to achieve my best heptathlon result ever in Paris.’

WUR students participate in four-day marches as soldiers

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‘I walked around with a bag of potting soil and rice in…

WUR nutrition expertise helps athletes recover from injuries more rapidly

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‘Top athletes generally do not wait until the science is settled.’

Unique accomplishment for first-year Argo-ladies

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All three first-year teams make it to top three.