Jikke Hesen, PhD candidate
Obesity and overweight are widely acknowledged as major risks for population health. Generally, researchers agree that overweight and obesity are multifactorially determined. There is evidence for the contribution of several psychological, environmental, biomedical and behavioral mechanisms to overweight. Yet, the evidence for the contribution of these mechanisms to overweight is often inconsistent across studies on group level.
This could suggest that the mechanisms contributing to overweight vary between individuals. In her PhD project, Jikke investigates whether and how individual variation in such psychological, biomedical, environmental, behavioral and personal variables relates to an individual’s body weight. By comparing and grouping such comprehensive individual profiles of participants in a meaningful way, she aims to obtain a better understanding of how certain combinations of variables relate to bodyweight. Moreover, she investigates how these comprehensive individual profiles translate to (un)healthy behavior in daily life. By means of this research project, she hopes to contribute to the development of personalized treatment for obesity and overweight. Jikke’s PhD project is part of the NWO ‘vici’-project ‘Understanding Overweight and Obesity: The End of Average’.
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