Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
How can we best apply complex system methodologies to understand the emergence of inequalities in health behaviour and health in diverse populations?
How can we transition towards healthy and sustainable dietary patterns while accounting for diverse sociocultural perspectives so that no-one in society is left behind?
How do individual and contextual factors interact to drive behaviour and health.
What are important determinants of diet in ethnic minority and migrant-origin groups? And how do these contribute to chronic disease risk?
specialisation
Application of complex systems approaches to understand emergent health behaviour and health inequalities. The use of a variety of systems methodologies: Group Model Building, Causal Loop Diagrams, Systems Dynamic Models.
Determinants of social and ethnic inequalities in diet and health.
Operationalisation of diet and dietary patterns in ethnically diverse populations.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Diet and Overweight Perception. An explorative study among Turkish, Moroccan and Surinamese migrants living in the Netherland, VU Universitiy
Award Date: 9 Feb 2009
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Dynamics: Understanding the effects of chronic stress on the dynamics of the progression of diabetes
Yildirim, V., Stronks, K., Nicolaou, M., Sloot, P. M. & van Riel, N.
1/04/2022 → 31/03/2024
Project: Research
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Unravelling the dynamics of depression in high-risk urban populations using a complex systems approach
Lok, A., Bockting, C., Stronks, K. & Nicolaou, M.
2/03/2020 → …
Project: Research
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A data-driven computational model for obesity-driven diabetes onset and remission through weight loss
Yildirim, V., Sheraton, V. M., Brands, R., Crielaard, L., Quax, R., van Riel, N. A. W., Stronks, K., Nicolaou, M. & Sloot, P. M. A., 17 Nov 2023, In: iScience. 26, 11, 108324.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Type 2 Diabetes: Mediation Through Status Anxiety?
Crielaard, L., Motazedi, E., Galenkamp, H., van de Werfhorst, H. G., Hulvej Rod, N., Kuipers, M. A. G., Nicolaou, M. & Stronks, K., 2023, In: International journal of public health. 68, 1606069.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Assessing community readiness for overweight and obesity prevention among Ghanaian immigrants living in Greater Manchester, England
Osei-Kwasi, H. A., Jackson, P., Akparibo, R., Holdsworth, M., Nicolaou, M., de Graft Aikins, A. & Griffiths, P., 22 Nov 2022, In: Journal of Public Health (Germany).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Correction to: To what extent do dietary costs explain socio-economic differences in dietary behavior? (Nutrition Journal, (2020), 19, 1, (88), 10.1186/s12937-020-00608-x)
Hoenink, J. C., Beulens, J. W. J., Harbers, M. C., Boer, J. M. A., Dijkstra, S. C., Nicolaou, M., van der Schouw, Y. T., Sluijs, I., Verschuren, W. M. M., Waterlander, W. & Mackenbach, J. D., 1 Dec 2022, In: Nutrition Journal. 21, 1, 15.Research output: Contribution to journal › Erratum/Corrigendum › Academic
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Differences in the prevalence of intermediate hyperglycaemia and the associated incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus by ethnicity: The HELIUS study
van Olden, C. C., Muilwijk, M., Stronks, K., van den Born, B. J., Moll van Charante, E. P., Nicolaou, M., Zwinderma, A. H., Nieuwdorp, M., Groen, A. K., van Valkengoed, I. G. M. & Nicolau, M., 1 May 2022, In: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 187, 109859.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access