Dear Reader, Welcome to Sustainable EU Economy. This book is more than a textbook—it is an invitation to explore how the European Union shapes business, society, and sustainability in today’s interconnected world. My hope is that it will inspire you to think critically, engage actively, and see how Europe’s …

OBJECTIVES:  To counteract sarcopenia in non-Western migrant older adults, lifestyle interventions with increased physical activity and adequate dietary protein intake are promising. However, regular community-based lifestyle interventions often lack a culture-sensitive approach. The aim of this study …

Aims To report the changes in nutritional status, nutrition-related complaints and risk of sarcopenia in individuals attending a primary care dietitian in the Netherlands after a COVID-19 infection. Methods The study was registered on the clinicaltrials.gov registry (NCT04735744). Nutritional status …

How do we promote media literacy? How do we combat disinformation in an icnreasingly challenging environment? Join the second episode in our podcast series part of the Jean Monnet Chair EU-ACT DIGITAL, an initiative spotlighting EU digital policy. In the second episode, Patricia van Rijswijk and Julia …

In this Masterclass we will discuss factors to consider when critically appraising standardised assessments and outcome measures for practice and research. This includes the assessments’ purpose, content and level of measurement, the adequacy of standardisation, and evidence of validity, reliability, …

Rationale: Sarcopenia and obesity are prevalent conditions and are both associated with negative health outcomes. ESPEN and EASO reached consensus on the definition and diagnostic criteria for sarcopenic obesity (SO) encompassing indicators fat mass, muscle mass, and muscle function. However, few studies …

Rationale: Sarcopenia and obesity are prevalent conditions and often co-occur within the same individual. ESPEN and EASO reached consensus on the definition of sarcopenic obesity (SO), encompassing altered muscle function (MF) and altered body composition (BC). However, both handgrip strength (HGS) and …

Are we defenseless against AI, deepfake, and the rapid spread of disinformation? Join the first episode in our podcast series part of the Jean Monnet Chair EU-ACT DIGITAL, an initiative spotlighting EU digital policy. Our very first guest, Member of European Parliament Bart Groothuis (part of the …

Since late 2020, all district courts and courts of appeal in the Netherlands have internal forensic support in the form of “forensic advisers.” This position was created in 2012 and resulted from the efforts made to expand knowledge of the forensic sciences within the inquisitorial Dutch criminal justice …