Upstream Team

We are a research network focusing on environmental determinants of physical activity, dietary behaviours and chronic disease risk.

The Upstream Team aims to generate, foster and share knowledge with regard to the spaces, places and conditions that shape lifestyle behaviours in adults, and explore how these relate to obesity and risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

By providing evidence and knowledge for action we support the prevention and reduction of lifestyle related chronic diseases.

The strength of the Upstream Team is the expertise across and within the domains (Environments, Behaviours, Health outcomes).

Our Mission

To support the prevention of lifestyle related chronic diseases by providing knowledge, tools and data on their upstream determinants and ways to change them. 

Our Vision

To remain an (inter)national prominent scientific centre of expertise on contextual determinants of lifestyle behaviours and chronic diseases. We support prevention of lifestyle related chronic diseases by providing knowledge, tools and data for actions.