The COVID-19 pandemic has put an end to face-to-face conferences for the foreseeable future. In light of this, the STOP, CO-CREATE and PEN projects felt a virtual joint symposium with key members of the three […]
The World Healthy Organization has highlighted non-communicable diseases as a risk factor for becoming seriously ill with COVID-19. Specifically, emerging evidence seems to show that people living with overweight or obesity are at an increased […]
Two new journal articles on STOP research have been published in BMC Public Health and the JAMA network, respectively: Planting a seed – child health care nurses’ perceptions of speaking to parents about overweight and […]
Several new deliverables have been published in the Results section of the STOP website. These deliverables contain information regarding management and communication processes and achievements, as well as information regarding processes, analyses and methodologies for […]
The STOP Consortium, in collaboration with EIT Health and EIT Food, has launched a second call for an industry-led project aimed at developing innovations with the potential to curb childhood obesity in Europe, either by […]
The third STOP newsletter has been released! In this issue, you can find out the latest regarding the project and learn more about our results so far. Read about our innovation projects, the new call […]
By Olivier Allais Allais, Olivier, Enderli, Géraldine and Soler, Louis-Georges of INRAE France have recently proposed a working paper on the evaluation of the impact of Dutch, French, and British sugar-reduction policies on the sugar […]
By Ali Belabess Microsimulation models of health outcomes are designed to reproduce the epidemiological dynamics of a population of interest. Models do so by simulating individual life histories for each member of the population, including […]
By Stefanie Vandevijvere and Iris Van Dam Tackling child obesity requires a comprehensive societal response, including government policies, community support, and wide-scale action from the food industry. The WHO has identified a number of actions […]
By Paolo Vineis STOP is conducting extensive research with biological markers that explore the relationships between behaviours (e.g. physical activity, diet) and the risk of obesity in children. This is achieved through the analysis of […]
