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Samenvatting

The article presents the author's comments on the current state of public health in the Netherlands. The author makes specific reference to the report "Volksgezondheid toekomstverkenning: de gezondheidstoestand van de Nderedlandse bevolking in de periode 1950-2010," from Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene (RIVM), which focuses on the medical condition of the Dutch population. The author holds that in the wake of the demographic ageing, public health needs more attention.