Objetivo
The key to health promotion and disease prevention in the 21st century is to establish an environment that supports positive health behaviour and healthy lifestyle. In spite of scientific advance, non-communicable diseases are still the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in Europe. Most of these diseases have their origin during childhood and adolescence, but the relationship between the development of non-communicable diseases and the adolescence process is poorly understood. The interactions between the environment, the genetic predisposition and growth in children and adolescents have not been studied yet. Adolescence is a crucial period in life and implies multiple physiological and psychological changes that affect nutritional needs and habits. Many healthy (or unhealthy) life-long habits begin in adolescence. The HELENA proposal includes cross-sectional, crossover and pilot community intervention multi-centre studies, as an integrated approach to the above-mentioned problem. The following aspects will be studied: (1) dietary intake, nutrition knowledge and eating attitudes; (2) food choices and preferences (3) body composition; (4) plasma lipids and metabolic profile; (5) vitamin status; (6) immune function related to nutritional status; (7) physical activity and fitness; and (8) genotype (to analyse gene-nutrient and gene-environment interactions). The requeriments for health promoting foods will also be identified, and several sensory acceptable products for adolescents will be developed. Both scientific and technological objectives should result in reliable and comparable data of a representative sample of European adolescents. This will tribute to understand why health-related messages are not being as effective as expected in the adolescent population; and to propose a realistic intervention strategy in order to try to achieve the goals of understanding and effectively enhancing nutritional and lifestyle habits of adolescents in Europe.
Ámbito científico
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil societynongovernmental organizations
- medical and health sciencesclinical medicineendocrinologydiabetes
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculeslipids
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsnucleotides
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutritionobesity
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Convocatoria de propuestas
FP6-2003-FOOD-2-A
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STREP - Specific Targeted Research ProjectCoordinador
ZARAGOZA
España
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Participantes (25)
MADRID
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LILLE
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DORTMUND
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PÉCS
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HERAKLION
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BONN
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GRANADA
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ROMA
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NAPOLI
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GHENT
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VIENNA
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KALLITHEA, ATHENS
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245 LILLE
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STOCKHOLM
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PATERNA, VALENCIA
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CHIPPING CAMPDEN
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5401 GOTHENBURG
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BRUXELLES
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BUDAPEST
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BARCELONA
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PATERNA (VALENCIA)
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Box 715 UPPLANDS VSBY
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JAERNA
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BRUSSELS
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MADRID
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