Agenda & Events

Project partners from the University of Parma (UNIPR) disseminated two MED4Youth related posters during the National Congress of the Italian Society of Human Nutrition (SINU) celebrated from 4th – 6th of June in Piacenza, Italy. Claudia Favari, project partner and Assistant Professor in Human Nutrition at the Department of Food and Drug at UNIPR, attended the congress and presented the poster titled “Development of a platform for the analysis of biomarkers of food intake and its [...]

Alice Rosi, Assistant Professor in Human Nutrition at the Department of Food & Drugs of the University of Parma, presented the MED4Yotuh project at the annual regional meeting of the Italian Human Nutrition Society (SINU) Emilia Romagna and Marche regional section, that took place in Parma, Italy, on the 24th of November. During the event entitled “Tackling obesity: new strategies”, Alice Rosi presented the talk “Mediterranean Diet and obesity in children and adolescents: observational and intervention [...]

Alice Rosi, Assistant Professor in Human Nutrition at the Department of Food & Drugs of the University of Parma, attended the 14th European Nutrition Conference (FENS 2023) that took place in Belgrade, Serbia, from 14th – 17th of November. During the session “Nutrition across the lifecourse”, Alice Rosi presented an oral communication entitled “Multicenter randomized controlled trial to tackle obesity through a Mediterranean Diet vs. a low-fat diet in children and adolescents: preliminary results from the [...]

MED4Youth project’s partner University of Parma participated in the 16th European Public Health Conference in Dublin, Ireland, from 8th – 11th of November. Francesca Scazzina, Associate Professor of human nutrition at the Department of Food and Drug of the University of Parma, participated in the workshop “Obesity: the greatest burden of the 21st Century and the post-pandemic” held within the conference. During this session, she delivered the presentation “Childhood obesity”, introducing MED4Youth as a key European [...]

Project partners from Panishop organised and participated in three training activities with students specialised in gastronomy, cooking and traditional bakery, with the objective to present the MED4Youth project. Guillermo Saldaña, technical and scientific assistant at Panishop, attended the sessions and introduced MED4Youth as a key European project working to demonstrate the link between the Mediterranean Diet and its health benefits against youth obesity. Additionally, he presented the work done by NOVAPAN to produce healthier, tastier and [...]

The MED4Youth consortium met to celebrate a new project's General Assembly on 23 - 24 of October in University of Parma facilities (Parma, Italy). During the meeting, project's partners reviewed all the work done, showcased the main results of the study and planned the next steps and actions to be achieved until the end of the project. The MED4Youth project consortium is coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre and also involves the University of Parma (Italy), the University of Coimbra (Portugal), Shikma Field [...]

Eurecat, the MED4Youth’s coordinator, participated in ExproReus, the multi-sectorial fair of reference in Tarragona area, celebrated from 11th – 15th of October in Fira Reus (Tarragona, Spain). Lorena Calderón, researcher at the Nutrition & Health Unit of Eurecat, participated in the event, under the framework of the FoodTech & Nutrition Hub, delivering the presentation “Promotion of Healthy Dietary Habits: Families & Mediterranean Diet”, which highlighted MED4Youth as one of the key European projects of the centre [...]

Partners from the University of Parma (Department of Medicine and Surgery, Parma University Hospital) participated in the annual meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology, focused on “Global Challenges in Paediatric Endocrinology”, taking place from 21st – 23rd of September in The Hague, Netherlands. The European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) is an international society aimed at promoting the highest levels of clinical care for infants, children and adolescents with endocrine problems throughout the world, [...]

Project partners from the University of Parma presented a MED4Youth related poster during the National Conference of the Italian Society of Human Nutrition (SINU) taking place from 7th – 9th of June in Arezzo (Italy). The MED4Youth intervention study has the objective to compare the effectiveness of a Mediterranean Diet based intervention with a traditional low fat diet in tackling obesity and associated cardiovascular disease risk factors in children and adolescents overweigh or with obesity from [...]

Antoni Caimari, director of the Biotechnology Area of Eurecat and MED4Youth’s principal investigator, participated in the International Conference on AgriFood Tech organised by the University Andrés Bello of Santiago de Chile and celebrated last 23rd of January 2023. During the conference, Antoni Caimari presented MED4Youth as a key European project working to demonstrate the link between the Mediterranean Diet and the health benefits against youth obesity and associated cardiovascular disease risk factors. He took the opportunity [...]

Partners from Eurecat, the MED4Youth’s coordinator, presented the project during different sessions organised in two public health centres of the area of Tarragona and celebrated from 16th to 17th of January 2023. The presentation, titled “MED4Youth project: Mediterranean Diet and obesity in adolescents”, introduced the main objectives of the project, as well as some results achieved during the interventional study carried out with teenagers with obesity from Spain, Portugal and Italy. Antoni Caimari, director of the [...]

Partners from Panishop organised the first tasting of sourdough breads celebrated last November 24th in its bakery located in Plaza Corsini of Tarragona. The event also counted with the participation of partners from Eurecat and a brief presentation of the MED4Youth project. All the attendants could enjoy the tasting of different varieties of bread, a total of five different breads produced by Panishop, with one of the best sourdoughs. Additionally, during the event the participants learned [...]

The MED4Youth project has been presented during the Italy and Mediterranean Regional Network satellite event “Empowering Nutrition with Digital Technology” held within the 8th International Summit on Nutrition and Health on July 23rd. The event has been organised by the NNedPro Global Institute for Food Nutrition and Health and the International Academy of Nutrition Educators (IANE) in partnership with BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health. Alice Rosi, Assistant Professor in Human Nutrition at the Department of Food [...]

The MED4Youth project was represented during the event “Picnic com Saúde”, held at Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research, Faculty of Medicine of University of Coimbra last 9th of July. This event had the main objective to promote healthier lifestyles and to approach the community to the science and research done by the University of Coimbra research institute, and this, promoting health literacy. Project partners from the University of Coimbra presented MED4Youth to all attendees, [...]

Partners from the University of Parma presented the MED4Youth project during the Nutrimi Conference, the digital forum for nutrition, celebrated in an online format from 6th – 7th of July. Pedro Mena, project partner and Assistant Professor at the University of Parma, participated in the session “Low-calorie diet: from ketogenic to Mediterranean, which approaches for which needs”, delivering the presentation “From the Mediterranean Diet to personalized nutrition”. The presentation included an explanation of different approaches and [...]

Researchers from 6 institutions and companies from 5 Mediterranean countries met on January 30-31 at Eurecat’s facilities in Barcelona to launch the MED4Youth project, which aims to strengthen the link between the Mediterranean Diet and the health benefits against youth obesity and associated cardiovascular disease risk factors.  The project also has the objective to develop a multicentre clinical study to elucidate whether the health effects of the Mediterranean Diet are associated with changes in gut microbiota [...]