From MED4Youth, one of the main objectives is to demonstrate that a Mediterranean diet enriched with products typical of the Mediterranean, such as pomegranate, chickpeas/hummus, nuts and sourdough bread, is more effective in maintaining an optimal weight and healthy habits than a conventional low-fat diet among adolescents. In this sense, the an interventional nutrition [...]

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 [...]

One of the objectives of the MED4Youth project is to choose the most complete and healthy sourdough bread with suitable organoleptic properties for the adolescent population. Within the project three different breads have been designed, according to the results of a survey on adolescents’ bread preferences. The new breads developed are [...]