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HollandThe
Kingdom of the
Netherlands
By Nicole Greenwood
Great- Great Grandparents
Overview History Language and Population Land Staple Foods and Eating Habits Religion/Food and Holidays Diet Analysis Nutrition Solutions Health Issues Communication
Where is the Netherlands? North Sea
Belgium on the South
Germany on the East
History Because of the location of Holland it
was a great place for trading. In the 16th century the King of Spain
ruled over the Netherlands. But in 1568, a man by the name of
William I, Prince of Orange led a revolt against the Spanish.
In 1581 declared their independence. DiPiazza, 2011
More History Netherlands welcomed people who were
fleeing from all over. During World War II the Netherlands was
neutral. Germany launched an attack on the
Netherlands. Germans deported Jews to concentration
camps. Non -Jewish civilians hid Jews.
Docalavich, 2013
Anne Frank
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima
LanguageTwo Languages
Dutch Frisian-Friesland
Immigrants must learnDutch to be able to staypermanently in the Netherlands. 90% speak English99% literacy ratewww.wikitravel.org/en/Netherlands
16.5 million people live in the Netherlands. Capitol of the Netherlands is Amsterdam 45% of the Dutch people are not Dutch
born. 177 nationalities.DiPiazza, 2011
DiPiazza, 2011
Netherlands means “low lands” 27% of the country is below sea level. The Dutch pumped the water out of the land with
Windmills. Dikes were built to hold back the water.
DiPizza, 2011
Global Warming Great concern of the rising sea level. Pollution Laws enforced. Recycling a big part of everyday life. Encourage bike riding and mass
transportation. Delta Commissie formed to come up
with solutions of rising water levels.DiPiazza, 2011. Docalavich, 2013
Climate Mild and wet most of the time. Winter days are over cast. Amsterdam-Capitol
January 41 degrees the coldest. July 69 degrees the warmest.
DiPiazza, 2011
Agriculture
“Netherlands named healthiest country in the world.”
http://www.oxfam.org/en/grow/pressroom/pressrelease/2014-01-15/dutch-beat-french-and-swiss-top-oxfams-new-global-food-table
Staple Foods Cheese/Butter Bread Coffee and Tea Potatoes, sugar beets, fruits and
vegetables Seafood-Eels, Herring, Shrimp Beer, Wine
DiPiazza, 2011
Eating Habits
Breakfast Strong Tea Bread with cheese Slice of cold meat Boiled or fried egg
10:30am. Coffee with a cookie or biscuit
Strium, 2001
Lunch Bread Sausage Cheese Fruit Coffee
4pm. Tea with cakes or biscuits
Stirum, 2001
Dinner Soup- meat vegetables Fish or meat Boiled or mashed potatoes Pudding, yogurt,
Flensjies (thin pancakes)
Religion 1966 1979 1996 2006
Roman Catholic church
35 29 21 16
Protestant church 25 22 19 14
Other religious groups
7 6 7 9
Non-ecclesiastic 33 43 53 61
http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/magazin/gesellschaft-verteilerseite/religion/religion-niederlande
Religion and food
Catholics• Lent-fasting 6 weeks before Easter
Muslims- 6%• Ramadan- worldwide fast for 29-30 days
Kittler, 2012
Dietary Analysis
Fat Breakdown
Nutrition solutions Less saturated fat- cheese More Vitamin D- from the sun Omega 6- nuts, eggs Less sodium- cheese Iron- red meat Potassium- fruits, vegetables, beans Vitamin E- spinach, nuts
Health Issues Heart disease Cancer Poor stress management Unhealthy lifestyle
SmokingDrinking alcoholHigh-fat diets
DiPiazza, 2011. http://www.government.nl/policy-areas/social-policy-work-health-and-sports
Study was done to see if there was a relationship between mental health issues and binge drinking among Dutch adolescents. (Theunissen, 2011.)
Study found that immigrants had a bigger BMI than Dutch born people. (Vermaat-Cornelisse, 2007).
Beer drinker compared to wine drinkers have more unhealthy eating habits. (Sluik, 2014).
Study was done on the health literacy of Dutch adults. It found that more education needs to be done when it comes to understanding health issues among adults. (Heidi, 2013).
Marijuana is legal in coffee shops. Prostitution is legal-drug testing done. Because of all the cattle, diseases are
monitored very closely. Smoking laws enforced. Euthanasia and gay marriage legal as of 2000. Abortion is legal- lowest rate in the world.
DiPiazza, 2011
Counseling and Communication Low context culture- dependent on words.
Communication is straightforward, unambiguous, explicit.
Greeting are done by kissing on the cheek 3 times.
Kittler, 2012. www.travel.org/en/Netherlands
Summary The Netherlands if full of amazing
history and culture. Over all they are a very healthy
culture. Religion is not a high priority among
citizens. They seem to understand health
issues and what needs to be done to correct them.
DiPizza, 2011
References DiPiazza, F. (2011). Netherlands in Pictures. Minneapolis, Lerner Publishing Group,
Inc Docalavich, H., & Indovino, S. (2013). Major European Union Nations: The
Netherlands. Pennsylvania: Mason Crest. Kittler, P.G., Sucher, K. P., Nahikian-Nelms, M. (2012). Food and Culture: sixth
edition (pp.162-190). Belmont: Wadsworth. Heide, I., Rademakers, J., Schipper, M., Droomers, M., Sorensen, K., Uiters. (2013).
Health literacy of Dutch adults: a cross sectional survey. BMC Public Health13:19 http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/magazin/gesellschaft-
verteilerseite/religion/religion-niederlande http://www.government.nl/policy-areas/social-policy-work-health-and-sports http://www.oxfam.org/en/grow/pressroom/pressrelease/2014-01-15/dutch-beat-fre
nch-and-swiss-top-oxfams-new-global-food-table Theunissen, M., Jansen, M., Gestel, A. (2011). Are mental health and binge
drinking associated in Dutch adolescents? Cross-sectional public health study: BMC Research Notes, 4:100
Sluik, D., Lee, L., Geelen, A., Freskens, E. (2014) Alcoholic beverage preference and diet in a representative Dutch population: Dutch national food consumption survey 2007-2010. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, (8 January 2014) doi:10.1038/ejcn.2013.279
Stirum,C. (2001). The Art of Dutch Cooking. Hippocrene Books. New York. Vermaat-Cornelisse, J., & Brink, H. (2007). Ethnic differences in lifestyle and
overweight in the Netherlands. Obesity, Vol.15 No.2 Wikitravel, Netherlands (2014). Tourism in the Netherlands. Retrieved from
http://wikitravel.org/en/Netherlands#
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