Project description
Tackling Europe’s childhood obesity
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions across the EU, with devastating psychological impacts and a surge in non-communicable diseases. Unfortunately, gaps in research and data collection have hampered progress in combating this crisis. The EU-funded BIO-STREAMS project will harness the power of health data to generate new insights, methodologies and tools for preventing underage obesity. Its overall goal is to establish a scientific hub for cutting-edge obesity research and advanced diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. It will also explore the transition from metabolic health to unhealthy states, with a focus on preventing underage obesity. To educate and empower young people, the project will craft innovative approaches for weight self-management. It will also develop cross-sectoral solutions for tackling childhood obesity.
Objective
During the last decades, overweight & obesity rates have reached epidemic proportions across EU. Prevalence in childhood is particularly alarming, resulting in psychological impacts & increased risks for NCDs. However, although obesity-related research has provided interesting results, several issues arise due to the lack of meta-reviews & the nature of data collected. To address this, Bio-Streams aims on supporting the optimal use (and re-use) of health data (e.g. biological, demographic, epigenetic, etc.) to generate metadata/knowledge and provide new evidences, methodologies & tools for: a) creating and deploying the Bio-Streams Biobank that will act as a scientific platform for research in obesity and better diagnostic and therapeutic approaches;b) understanding the transition from metabolically healthy to unhealthy, preventing under age obesity; c) designing better strategies to educate & empower young citizens for weight self-management; d) coordinating authorities & policy makers to develop cross-sectoral solutions for health promotion & under age obesity prevention. Specifically, Bio-Streams delivers a dedicated under age obesity biobank providing real-world health data (including biospecimens, anthropometrics, behavioural and cost data) from retrospective and prospective sources, while taking into account efficient data harmonisation and standardisation principles, transforming data valorisation towards under age obesity prevention and future research. Moreover, the Bio-Streams framework for data handling, provides robust and transparent methodologies for operational procedures (data infrastructures), analysis and reporting (via meta-reviews and AI-based Apps/components, evaluated via 12 multi-site pilots (7 clinical and 5 schools)), citizen awareness and lifestyle alteration, delivering obesity prevention guidelines, knowledge generation while fostering considerable opportunities for regional and national health authorities/policymakers.
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Participants (27)
1253 Luxembourg
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1017 CD AMSTERDAM
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1006 Riga
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20121 Milano
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10561 Athina
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2100 KOBENHAVN
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1715 Sofia
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26443 PATRA
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1097 Nicosia
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17177 Stockholm
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3001 Leuven
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176 71 ATHINA
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2785817 Sao Domingos De Rana
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08035 Barcelona
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4000 Liege
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3512 KB Utrecht
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2100 KOBENHAVN
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45110 Ioannina
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8070 Bertrange
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2064 Nicosia
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3030 Limassol
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2000 Maribor
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152 36 PALAIA PENTELI
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D02 N820 Dublin
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185 33 PIRAEUS
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4710-057 Braga
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2000 Maribor
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Partners (2)
Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
8600 Dubendorf
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
6300 ZUG
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