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more...I.Family coordinator speaks at obesogenic meeting
I.Family project co-ordinator Professor Wolfgang Ahrens, from the Leibniz Institute for Prevention, Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, Germany, and the University of Bremen, presented the results of the project’s predecessor project, IDEFICS, to a receptive audience at the SPOTLIGHT meeting in Brussels in November 2015. SPOTLIGHT is an FP7 project with contributors from eight European […]
more...I.Family wins session at prestigious international science forum
Our researchers will deliver key insights at ESOF 2016 I.Family has faced off tough competition to win a slot in the official scientific programme at the European Science Open Forum (ESOF) 2016, taking place in Manchester next July. ESOF is the biennial pan-European meeting dedicated to scientific research and innovation. It attracts a huge audience […]
more...In memoriam: Professor Jane Wardle
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Professor Jane Wardle last month, a distinguished member of the I.Family Stakeholder Advisory Board. Professor Wardle was Director of Cancer Research UK’s Health Behaviour Research Centre at University College London. She was renowned for her extensive research in health psychology and on diet […]
more...I.Family partner opens first prevention centre for children
Health services in many countries across Europe are being placed under increasing pressure by childhood obesity. Now Hungary has taken further steps to tackle the problem by opening its first childhood prevention centre at Pécs University. The university is an I.Family partner with a research mandate covering metabolic and eating disorders and the prevention […]
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