Personal information
Updated: oktober 2012
Name: Seidell
First name: Jacob (Jaap) C.
T: +31 20 5986995 (6985 for secretary)
F: +31 20 598 6940
E: j.c.seidell@vu.nl
Position: professor Nutrition and Health, director Department of Health Sciences
I frequently post messages on health, nutrition and society on Twitter: @jaapseidell
I am responsible for research and academic training in health sciences at the VU University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
My research topics include:
- diet, nutrition and chronic diseases,
- causes and consequences of overweight and obesity,
- prevention and management of overweight and obesity,
Disciplines of research include physiology, epidemiology, endocrinology, psychology, behavioral sciences, genetics, health economics, public health.
(always unpaid) consultancies to government, research funding organizations, food industry, pharmaceutical companies, health care organizations, NGO's, consumer organizations and media
cv:
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=21081601&trk=tab_pro
publications:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=seidell%20j*
citations (and h-index) see:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aXsaOJ0AAAAJ&hl=en
knaw:
http://www.knaw.nl/Pages/DEF/33/259.bGFuZz1OTA.html
books:
http://uitgeverijprometheus.nl/index.php?option=com_pac&view=boek_detail&isbn=9789035135772&Itemid=6
http://www.amazon.com/Preventing-Childhood-Obesity-Evidence-Based-ebook/dp/B005UQLJOU