by Luigi Petito | Jan 22, 2020 | News
Too much sodium and monosaccharides, insufficient consumption of fruit and vegetables and whole grains… An unhealthy diet is one of the main risk factors for health, causing as many deaths as tobacco or alcohol consumption. Here are some advice and fact sheets for...
by Luigi Petito | Jul 8, 2019 | News
Months after kick-off, the TAO Project is in full swing. ECOG got abooard the TAO Project in October 2018 to join forces with like-minded organisations and schools across the European Union to produce education materials to tackle obesity in adolescents. The project...
by Luigi Petito | Jun 24, 2019 | News
The TAO Project has two new friendly faces! TAO and Lamy have jumped on board the TAO Project, and will be accompanying us, teachers and students throughout this journey to tackle adolescent obesity. “Tackling Adolescent Obesity and promoting inclusion through...
by Luigi Petito | Jan 9, 2019 | News
The Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology (BIPS GmbH is one of the leading epidemiological research institutes in Germany and a member of the Leibniz Association) and the University of Bremen (an outstanding research university with 250...
by Luigi Petito | Oct 31, 2018 | News
The European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG) and Make Mothers Matter (MMM), an international NGO raising awareness about the essential role of mothers in ensuring economic, social and cultural development, have joined forces to survey the challenges European parents...
by Luigi Petito | Oct 31, 2018 | News
The 2018 annual ECOG meeting takes place in one of the most beautiful cities around the world, the city of Porto – Portugal, on the 14th – 17th November. Porto is, for the second time, the stage of this important meeting, 10 years after the first ECOG in Portugal. The...