Early life programming and its impact on the rise of obesity: USA and Europe agree research collaboration essential

Hosted at the EC-funded Diogenes project Symposium on prevention of weight regain, a workshop jointly organised by the National Institute of Health (NIH) in the US and the European Commission (EC) discussed potential priority areas for research that could be addressed collaboratively both sides of the Atlantic.

USA and Europe agree research collaboration essential to understand early life programming and its impact on the rise of obesity

Hosted at the EC-funded Diogenes project Symposium on prevention of weight regain, a workshop jointly organised by the National Institute of Health (NIH) in the US and the European Commission (EC) discussed potential priority areas for research that could be addressed collaboratively both sides of the Atlantic.

Presentations were made by US and EU speakers on fetal and infancy taste preferences and eating behaviour of children, programming of energy balance and appetite regulation, gestational diabetes and long-term consequences of protein intake of infants and weight gain.

From the perspective of public health policy, a summary was presented suggesting that gestational diabetes, fetal and infancy taste, breastfeeding and Infant weight gain may be most effective in addressing obesity.

The NIH and EC pledged to continue their discussions on the formulation of plans for future collaborative research work in this emerging area of science.

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