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March 12, 2026

Current events: 90 sugar cubes per week

How does MetaHealth relate to current events?

The news item on the NOS website from GGD Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam is a good example.

Half of young people drink ninety sugar cubes worth of soft drinks per week. (in Dutch)

This is about ‘making healthier choices’ and, above all, about:

Within the MetaHealth project, we are working to gain a better understanding of how these kinds of complex health issues arise — and how we can influence them in a sustainable way.

Within the MetaHealth project, researchers and partners are working to better understand these kinds of complex health issues. Not by singling out one factor, but by revealing the interaction between environment, behavior, policy, and health.