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EU Research ProgramsAbout EU Research Programs
This section aims to give a brief overview of European Union supported research in the field of nutrition and health. Please note that this information is not exhaustive. Since 1984, research and innovation activities of the EU are grouped in one big programme, the Framework Programme. Framework Programmes are conceived for a period of 4 years. They are elaborated and proposed by the Commission and have to be adopted by the European Parliament and Council. An excellent online resource for information on all aspects of EU supported research is the Frequently Asked Questions section of the Europa website http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/faq/index.cfm EU Research Programs in Food, Nutrition and Health
Research in the area of food, health and nutrition has been undertaken under the following Frameworks : Food Quality and Safety is one of the seven key themes of the sixth Framework Programmes. The objectives of this part of the framework were to assure the health and well-being of European citizens through a better understanding of the influence of food intake and environmental factors on human health; providing safer, high-quality and health-promoting food.
Thematic areas covered under this framework were:
 The Fifth Framework Programme (1998-2002)http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/quality-of-life/ka1/intro_en.htm Food Nutrition and Health was one of the key areas of focus of the EU fifth Framework programmes. This programme specifically supported research in :
Please visit: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/quality-of-life/ka1/index_en.htm to see a list of projects funded.
The Fourth Framework Programme (1994-1998) http://www.cordis.lu/fair/src/project.htm
Generic Science and Advanced technologies for Nutritious Foods was one of the areas of focus of the fourth European research framework. Please visit the fourth International Framework website for a full list of projects supported: Generic Science and Advanced technologies for Nutritious Foods was one of the areas of focus of the fourth European research framework: http://www.cordis.lu/fair/src/project.htm EU Supported Research on Children’s Nutrition
Please note that this list is not exhaustive. The Infant Nutrition ClusterThe Infant Nutrition Cluster is the collective name that is given to three EU supported research projects in the area of “metabolic programming” - the process by which nutrition during the prenatal and foetal stage triggers metabolic changes that can mark the human being for life. The three projects which make up this program are studying these ‘programmed’ relations in terms of pathologies of foetal growth, infant obesity and insulin-dependent diabetes. The Programs are:
EARNESTThe EARNEST project is a large collaborative investigation into the long-term consequences of early nutrition by metabolic programming. It brings together a multi-disciplinary team of scientists from 38 institutions in 16 European countries. The project will run from 2005 to 2010 and is being coordinated by Professor Koletzko of the Children's Hospital, University of Munich, Germany.
For more information : http://earnest.web.med.uni-muenchen.de/index2.htm  EU funding of Diabetes/Obesity Research
Please note that this list is not exhaustive. 6th FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME(2002-2006)
5th FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME( 1998-2002)
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