The percentage of Netherlands residents who are overweight will increase significantly in the coming years. “Overweight is increasing and is also starting earlier in life,” the RIVM said. “Once someone is overweight, it is very difficult to lose it,” the RIVM said, adding that its study did not consider new developments, like health insurers reimbursing weight loss medication. Overweight is …
New guidelines based on a reassessment of health risks will lead to better ways to treat the different causes of obesity, umbrella health partnership PON has said. The guidelines for dealing with the obesity issue, which is on the increase, have not been changed since 2008, PON chair Liesbeth van Rossum told broadcaster NOS. Van Rossum said that, based on …
Students from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam built a “menstrual cabinet” where students can take tampons and sanitary pads for free, AT5 reported. “People believe that affording period products is not a problem for students”, Nicole Römer from Neighborhood Feminists told AT5. “I think it’s a really good that students from the VU came up with this idea.” “Menstruating, you …