BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam//NONSGML v1.0//EN NAME:Inaugural lecture prof.dr. C.M. Renders METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260320T154500 DTEND:20260320T171500 DTSTAMP:20260320T154500 UID:2026/inaugural-lecture-prof-dr@8F96275E-9F55-4B3F-A143-836282E12573 CREATED:20260408T185311 LOCATION:Hoofdgebouw, Aula De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam SUMMARY:Inaugural lecture prof.dr. C.M. Renders X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Koers naar een gezonde samenleving: betrokkenheid, verbinding en flexibiliteit

From individual actions to integrated working: building health from family , school, and neighborhood

Professor of Health Sciences Carry Renders researches how we can build a healthy society in which health y living is not dependent on chance, income, or zip code. In her inau gural lecture, she demonstrates that obesity and health disparities a rise from an interplay of living environment, social norms, policy, a nd economic incentives. Therefore, she chooses integrated working: co llaborating across sectors and levels to create conditions that facil itate healthy living.

With three key points – engagement, con nection, and flexibility – Renders focuses on strengthening healthy living environments around family, school, and neighborhood, strengt hening community strength and health literacy, and learning and adapt ing through research. She examines health and behavioral outcomes, bu t places particular emphasis on the change process: what works, for w hom, and why, how to improve processes, and how measures can reinforc e and sustain each other.

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From individual actions to integrated working: buildi ng health from family, school, and neighborhood

Professor of Hea lth Sciences Carry Renders researches how we can build a healthy soci ety in which healthy living is not dependent on chance, income, or zi p code. In her inaugural lecture, she demonstrates that obesity and h ealth disparities arise from an interplay of living environment, soci al norms, policy, and economic incentives. Therefore, she chooses int egrated working: collaborating across sectors and levels to create co nditions that facilitate healthy living. With three key points – en gagement, connection, and flexibility – Renders focuses on strength ening healthy living environments around family, school, and neighbor hood, strengthening community strength and health literacy, and learn ing and adapting through research. She examines health and behavioral outcomes, but places particular emphasis on the change process: what works, for whom, and why, how to improve processes, and how measures can reinforce and sustain each other. Read more in the news item Koers naar een gezonde samenleving: betrokkenheid , verbinding en flexibiliteit END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR