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EU CHILDHOOD OBESITY - Early Programming by Infant Nutrition

The first results of The EU Childhood Obesity Program are available. Download it now in Media Corner!
 


Useful links

 
EU Infant Nutrition Cluster 
www.wye.ic.ac.uk/Cluster/ 
www.wye.ic.ac.uk/Cluster/Projects.html 
 
Projects within EU Infant Nutrition Cluster 
EU Childhood Obesity Programme: www.childhood-obesity.org 
PERILIP: www.wye.ic.ac.uk/Perilip 
TRIGR: www.trigr.com 
 
International Obesity Task Force 
www.iotf.org 
 
World Health Organisation 
www.who.int 
 
Danone Institutes 
www.danoneinstitute.org 
 
Association for the Study of Obesity 
www.aso.org.uk 
German childhood obesity group 
www.a-g-a.de 
European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 
www.espghan.org 
European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG) 
http://medlem.spray.se/ECOG/ 
 
 
Other links for general information related to this EU project : 
 
www.rcpch.ac.uk 
www.nationalobesityforum.org.uk 
www.hebs.scot.nhs.uk/learningcentre/weightmanagement/childhood 
www.aso.org.uk 
www.health-for-all-children.co.uk 
www.foodstandards.gov.uk/healthiereating/dailydiet 
www.bda.uk.com 
www.hda-online.org.uk
 


Other related EU projects

 
QLK1-1999-00076: Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) in functional food: a potential benefit for overweight middle-aged Europeans. 
 
QLK1-1999-00916: The role of social, genetic and environmental factors in healthy eating: a multicentre analysis of eating disorders and obesity. 
 
QLK1-2000-00083: Early malnutrition and programming of adult degenerative diseases: experimental, epidemiological and preventive studies. 
 
QLK1-2000-00515: Dietary and genetic influences on susceptibility or resistance to weight gain on a high fat diet. 
 
QLK1-2000-00618: Nutrient-gene interactions in human obesity: Implications for dietary guidelines. 
 
QLRT-2001-002288: Obesity and disease in ageing 
 
QLK1-CT-2001-00138: Influence of Dietary Fatty Acids on the Pathophysiology of Intrauterine Fœtal Growth and Neonatal Development 
 
QLK1-CT-2002-00372: Trial to reduce IDDM in the genetically at risk (Nutritional Primary Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes)
 
 
 
 
Danone Institutes are not-for-profit entities which link scientists involved in human nutrition with health and education professionals. They support nutrition research programs and provide diet and nutritional information including: information on eating behaviors, dietary guidelines, nutrition events and nutrition organizations. The Institutes focus particularly on, Nutrition and child development, early childhood nutrition and childhood obesity prevention.