The EU and its Member States are making an unprecedented investment in research aimed at supporting policies to improve diet and physical activity, especially in children. The STOP project is one of three major European […]
The STOP stakeholders’ survey On behalf of the STOP project consortium, we would like to invite those with an interest in the topic of childhood obesity to engage in a participatory process aimed at informatively […]
STOP is working hard to learn more about the molecular signature of childhood obesity. Initial analyses have integrated “omic” information at four biological layers (epigenetic marks, gene transcripts, proteins and metabolites) to understand the biological […]
Though the project only started last summer, STOP has been presented at important events covering obesity, nutrition and health, as well as online. News of the project launch was distributed by project partners among their […]
Tim Lobstein of the World Obesity Federation and Professor Boyd Swinburn of the University of Auckland, both partners in the STOP project, were part a team of international consortium of experts who made up Lancet […]
The project website The STOP website (www.stopchildobesity.eu) went online in October 2018. A one-page scrolling website containing links to news, downloads and deliverables, its goal is to raise awareness of the project and explain how […]
The STOP Consortium, in collaboration with EIT Health and EIT Food, will launch a call for industry-led projects aimed at developing innovations that have the potential to curb childhood obesity in Europe, either by making critical […]
If the current wave of childhood obesity is not stopped, more than one in three adults will be obese in some European countries by 2025. A collaboration of 31 research, advocacy and governmental organisations from […]
