Links
Below are links to websites which may be of interest to you if
you are following the I.Family Study.
Europe:
www.europa.eu – The official website of the European Union
www.ec.europa.eu The European Commission website.
Related EC Funded Projects:
Diogenes – Final Report Summary – Targeting the obesity problem – seeking new insights and routes to prevention
EARNEST – Archive for the Early Nutrition Programming Project
EuroFIR – source of best available food information, including all European food composition databases
EFCOSUM/EFCOVAL – Final Report Summary of the European Food Consumption Validation project
HELENA – Archive site for Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence project
INTERREG – The INTERREG IVC Programme aims to improve the effectiveness of regional policies and instruments
KIGGS – The German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents which continues into 2012
Live Well for LIFE Project – exploring how improving our diet could not only help the environment, but our health
ProChildren – Archive site for the ProChildren project which ran till 2006 – Promoting & Sustaining health through increased vegetable and fruit consumption among European schoolchildren
PorGrow – Summary report for ProGrow which ran until 2006 to look at policy options for responding to the growing challenge of obesity
Societies & Associations:
ChildFriendlyCities – information on how to build a Child Friendly City/Community
European Association for the Study of Obesity – EASO
European Network of National Observatories on Childhood – Child on Europe
European Network of Child Friendly Cities – ENCFC
European Public Health Association – EUPHA
European Food Information Council – EUFIC
European Childhood Obesity Group – EUCOG
Federation of European Nutrition Societies -FENS
Food Ethics Council
World Obesity
International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity – ISBNPA
International Epidemiological Association -IEA
International Obesity Task Force -IOTF
Society for Epidemiologic Research – SER
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence – UK NICE
UNICEF United Nations Childrens Fund
World Health Organisation – WHO
Journals:
Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
For children:
EU-Mini-Chefs – Polish site featuring games for Children
BBC Good Food ‘Kids in the Kitchen’ – BBC site with child friendly recipes
Eating Well – Health Recipes for Kids
Family Education – outdoor activities for children of all ages
Other Sources:
BUPA resource on Obesity in Children