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by Rhonda Smith, Director of Minerva Communications and Leader of Work Package 9 (Cascade Platform)
more...Intervention can be key to helping families make healthier choices: I.Family research paper published in Obesity Reviews
An I.Family study has highlighted the positive impact of education for families on healthy diet and lifestyle choices. IDEFICS, led by the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology (BIPS, Germany) from 2006-2012, was the predecessor to I.Family and staged interventions in several different communities across eight European countries. Dietary advice and educational materials […]
more...Effects of location on BMI: IDEFICS paper accepted by scientific journal Plos One
Childhood obesity is a growing problem, affecting children and families worldwide. But how does it differ between countries? The IDEFICS study, predecessor to I.Family led by the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology (BIPS, Germany, 2006-2012), sampled children from across seven European countries, comparing their BMI trajectories to see how obesity rates are […]
more...Insights to prevention of childhood obesity published in high ranking international obesity journal
Researchers from IDEFICS & I.Family studies share results from EC-funded intervention programme
more...Kids hate eating their greens? Try giving them a smile(y)
Pupils in school canteen experiment chose healthier lunch for positive reward
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