The BIO-COMPaSS consortium (BIOlogical age-driven, COMmunal, Personalized System for Sustainable health promotion) has been awarded a €6.8 million grant from the NWA-route Sport en Bewegen. The project addresses one of the most pressing health challenges of our time: the growing gap between chronological age and biological age.
Although life expectancy is increasing in the Netherlands, the number of years lived in good health is declining due to chronic lifestyle-related diseases. This results in reduced quality of life, rising healthcare costs and higher rates of sick leave. A major contributor is insufficient physical activity and poor nutrition.
BIO-COMPaSS explores whether insight into biological age, as a more accurate marker of health, can motivate individuals to adopt healthier behaviours. In the project, citizens, scientists, and companies collaborate to identify the most motivating biomarkers and to develop personalized exercise and nutrition programs. The ambition: reducing participants’ biological age by five years, and contributing to a biologically younger and healthier society.
Bio-COMpaSS was created through intensive cooperation with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Maastricht University, Wageningen University & Research, and the University Medical Center Groningen. From Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam Public Health and Network Institute, collaborators include: Mirjam Pijnappels, Andrea Maier, Rob Wüst, Richard Jaspers, Jenny van Dongen, Ellen Droog, Carel Meskers, Marike van der Leeden, Femke van Nassau, Hidde van der Ploeg, Stephan van der Zwaard, Judit Jelsmaand Bart Visser, Peter Weijs, Sjors Verlaan.
Consortium partners
BIO-COMPaSS is powered by a broad national network of knowledge institutes, societal organisations, and companies:
ACCRES, Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship, Amsterdam Institute Sport Science, Amsterdam UMC (AMC and VUmc), Netherlands Society for Human Movement Sciences (VvBN), CIOSNL, CLOSE, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (FNV), FrieslandCampina, Gymstore, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Kenniscentrum Sport & Bewegen, Lectoren Platform Sport en Bewegen, Maastricht UMC+, Maastricht University, Lifelines (Northern Netherlands Biobank), MyViva Inc (Canada), National Fund for Sport, Netherlands Twin Register, NL Actief, NOC*NSF, NV SRO, POS-NL, Radboud University Nijmegen, Rehablines, University of Groningen, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Sport Data Valley, Sportbedrijf Arnhem, SportCity, Sportinnovator, CAOP Foundation (Movement Alliance), JOGG-NL Foundation, Stichting Voeding Leeft, Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, University Medical Center Groningen, Leiden University, University of Twente, VeiligheidNL, Wageningen University & Research, Universiteit van Amsterdam..
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