Objective
Proper nutrition is essential for good health, well-being and the prevention, mitigation or treatment of a number of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Food is not only a source of calories, but also a complex mixture of dietary chemicals, some of which are directly related to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, allergies and some types of cancer. Foods, diet and nutritional status, including overweight and obesity, are also associated with elevated blood pressure and blood cholesterol or even resistance to the action of insulin. These conditions are not only risk factors for non-communicable diseases, but major causes of illness themselves.
However, today's diet is characterized by irregular and poorly balanced meals. Unhealthy eating habits in our daily life are not only risk factors for non-communicable diseases, but also major causes of stress and tiredness, i.e. lack of energy. Knowledge about our dietary habits based on the analysis of diverse types of information, including individual parameters, can contribute greatly towards answering key questions to respond to societal challenges regarding food and health.
Motivated by the aforementioned, the PROTEIN project aims to develop an end-to-end ecosystem that will engage people to a healthy, pleasurable, nutritional and sustainable diet by offering a daily program adapted to their needs and driven by their personal preferences, physical and physiological characteristics as well as their health status. Specifically, the main objective of PROTEIN is to create an ICT-based system for providing personalized nutrition based on the collection and analysis of large volumes of data related to users' dietary behavioural patterns, physical activity and individual parameters. PROTEIN proposes a radically novel approach to advice and support consumers in everyday living, while ensuring users’ privacy protection i.e. data will be anonymized and securely stored in the Cloud for processing.
Fields of science
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-SFS-2018-1
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Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
Greece
Participants (21)
1253 Luxembourg
28232 Las Rozas
AL10 9UL Hatfield
1500 312 Lisboa
00138 Roma
2630 369 Arruda Dos Vinhos
Participation ended
1012DB Amsterdam
00154 Roma
5201AH 'S-hertogenbosch
21000 Novi Sad
54636 Thessaloniki
1050 Brussel
GU2 7XH Guildford
10117 Berlin
57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
3000 Leuven
1495-688 Cruz Quebrada Lisboa
D02 N820 Dublin
Participation ended
37022 Fumane
4700-312 Braga
37021 Bosco Chiesanuova