{"id":126,"date":"2026-05-13T14:03:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bio-compass.nl\/?page_id=126"},"modified":"2026-05-19T07:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:50:22","slug":"about-bio-compass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bio-compass.nl\/nl\/about-bio-compass\/","title":{"rendered":"About BIO-COMPaSS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>About BIO-COMPaSS<\/h1>\n<p>Learn more about this project<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>About BIO-COMPaSS \u2014 Mission &amp; Vision<\/h2>\n<p>Lifestyle-related chronic diseases pose major healthcare and economic challenges in the Netherlands. While life expectancy reaches 81.5 years, health-adjusted life expectancy is 71.4 years, with significant socioeconomic disparities. Current strategies promoting healthy lifestyles through physical activity and diet have failed to achieve lasting improvements.<\/p>\n<p>The BIO-COMPaSS project aims to harness biological age as a catalyst for initiating and maintaining healthier behavior, thereby reducing the gap between chronological and biological age of citizens by ~5 years. Focusing on the 30-67 year age group with diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. We anticipate a larger increase in health-adjusted life expectancy among less advantaged groups, thereby potentially narrowing the health gap by ~5 years.<\/p>\n<p>Key questions include: 1) Which biological markers effectively catalyze behavior change, measure health span, and guide interventions? 2) What feedback and intervention methods are effective for different individuals?<\/p>\n<p>Through inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations, cutting-edge technology, and real-world validation, BIO-COMPaSS aims to create an evidence-based, personalized, and sustainable health system that motivates individuals to adopt healthier lifestyles and embed and exploit this knowledge in field labs for real impact<\/p>\n<p>The project is structured into six work packages that provide the building blocks for BIO-COMPaSS:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>sustainable behavioural change strategies via biomarkers of aging;<\/li>\n<li>identification and validation of feasible, predictive, and responsive biomarkers of aging;<\/li>\n<li>composite biological age measures for different groups;<\/li>\n<li>personalized exercise and nutrition interventions;<\/li>\n<li>knowledge application and implementation of BIO-COMPaSS through co-creation with stakeholders; and<\/li>\n<li>four key areas of expertise support project activities: Data Science, Cohorts, Sensors &amp; Wearables, and Infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In a large community-based field lab of citizens aged 30-67 and stakeholders, research findings will be tested and integrated to implement and validate the proof of concept of BIO-COMPaSS. These findings will inform the design and testing of the BIO-COMPaSS system in regions within the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper preset--module--divi-button--default_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-button--default\" href=\"\/nl\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-126","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-compass.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-compass.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-compass.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-compass.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-compass.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/bio-compass.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/bio-compass.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-compass.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-compass.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}