Objective Overweight and obesity are increasing at an alarming rate throughout Europe and this epidemic presents a major barrier to the prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases. Including the new EU countries, a total of over 200 million EU citizens are affected. All EU countries face a growing need for more effective therapeutic management of weight control, aimed at the reduction of overweight and obesity's most significant health consequences, which include hypertension, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, gallbladder disease, certain types of cancer and psychosocial problems. HEALTH PLUS intends to fill this gap through active support to healthcare professionals involved in weight control and in prevention initiatives.HEALTH PLUS will set up an integrated web-based knowledge management platform, assisting health professionals analysing the modern environment - which indirectly favours obesity diffusion - and offering certified and localized scientific information on food composition and lifestyle management. The system will support the examination of the patient's clinical profile and will match clinical data with lifestyle habits. The system output will support health professionals produce tailored nutritional plans and provide specialized counselling for efficient weight control.The HEALTH PLUS platform will include: a trustworthy context for information connected to the intersections nutrition/health and nutrition/lifestyle;- an intelligent knowledge management system for clinical and scientific information sharing among health professionals and researchers;- a decision support tool for healthcare professionals aiming at preparing patient focused nutrition/lifestyle plans;- a periodic control tool to follow the implementation of new nutrition/lifestyle plans- feedback to health professionals about the effectiveness of undertaken actions- a set of tools for non-healthcare operators involved in education and lifestyle change support. Fields of science medical and health sciencesclinical medicineendocrinologydiabetesmedical and health sciencesclinical medicinecardiologycardiovascular diseasesmedical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncologymedical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutritionobesity Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2004-2.4.13 - Strengthening the Integration of the ICT research effort in an Enlarged Europe Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator IDS SCHEER CR, S.R.O EU contribution No data Address VIDENSKA 55 639 00 BRNO Czechia See on map Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AKADEMIA ROLNICZA IM HUGONA KOLLATAJA W. KRAKOWIE Poland EU contribution No data Address AL. MICKIEWICZA 21 31-120 KRAKOW See on map Total cost No data INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM HOUSE KERESKEDELMI ES SZOFTVERFEJLESZTO KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG Hungary EU contribution No data Address FOGASKEREKU U. 4-6 1125 BUDAPEST See on map Total cost No data PCS PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL SOFTWARE GMBH Austria EU contribution No data Address INDUSTRIERING 11 9020 KLAGENFURT See on map Total cost No data PLIROFORIKI EPIKOINONIES EPIS EPE Greece EU contribution No data Address ODOS KODRIKTONOS 11B 10434 ATHINA See on map Total cost No data QUALITY & RELIABILITY A.E. Greece EU contribution No data Address ODOS KONITSES 11B 15125 MAROUSSI See on map Total cost No data R&S INFO S.R.L. Italy EU contribution No data Address BORGO PIETRO GIORDANI 8 43100 PARMA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA Italy EU contribution No data Address VIA UNIVERSITA 12 43100 PARMA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE Czechia EU contribution No data Address Ovocny trh 5 PRAHA 1 See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data WORLD MATCH LIMITED Malta EU contribution No data Address RL1 RICASOLI INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CSP02 KALKARA See on map Total cost No data