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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The MED4Youth project (Mediterranean Enriched Diet for tackling Youth Obesity), coordinated by Eurecat, has been recognised with the 1st secondary award in the category “Healthy Nutrition in the Family and Community” of the XV Edition of the NAOS Strategy Awards. The NAOS Strategy aims to reverse the trend of the prevalence [...]
Sourdough breads are characterised by being made by slow fermentative processes, using a sourdough culture that is fermented with lactic acid bacteria and yeasts naturally present in the flour and in the air. These give the bread unique properties of flavour and aroma, making them tastier and more digestible. These breads [...]
One of the most important and innovative parts of the MED4Youth project is the implementation of a web application to involve adolescents in the nutritional intervention study. The MED4Youth web application has been developed in 3 languages (Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese), in order to support volunteers from all the countries enrolled [...]
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 [...]
