Discover with us how to make healthy living accessible and motivate people to make long-term lifestyle changes. In the "Healthy Living as a Service" project, we are working with citizens, researchers, artists and companies in the North and East of the Netherlands.
Although life expectancy is rising rapidly, nearly half of the Dutch population has a chronic condition due to an unhealthy lifestyle, such as too little exercise, smoking, alcohol consumption, stress, poor sleep and unhealthy diet. This has major consequences for quality of life and leads to an increasing use of health care. The pressure on health care is increasing rapidly while there are fewer health care personnel.
Also, the gap between people from different socioeconomic backgrounds is widening. To achieve permanent lifestyle changes, this project will include personal factors, but also factors like housing, living and social environment. Through dialogue and design with citizens, we learn how different people view their health in relation to their daily life and how design can contribute to support in building and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
This project in the NWO KIC 'Lifestyle and Living Environment' aims for structural improvements in the equality of opportunity to live in good health together with researchers, artists, industry, and citizens.
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funding organization(s)
NWO
Timeline
2022 - 2029
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