HEALTH PLUS

Overweight and obesity are increasing at an alarming rate in Europe and become a major public health problem:

• In EU nearly 200 million citizens are affected.
• Obesity involves an important economic cost estimated to 2% to 8% of the healthcare expenses.
• All EU countries face a growing need for effective therapeutic management of weight control and healthy lifestyle.

The HEALTH PLUS project is aiming at filling this gap through the active support to healthcare and nutritional professionals involved in weight control and lifestyle management and in prevention initiatives by providing:

• Assessment of nutritional habits of target citizens'/patients' groups.
• Certified and localized scientific information on food composition and lifestyle management.
• Support to examine the patient’s clinical profile, and matching clinical data with nutritional and lifestyle habits.
• Support to healthcare and nutritional professionals producing tailored nutritional plans, providing specialized counselling for efficient weight control and lifestyle management.

For further information, please visit:
http://www.health-plus.eu

Project co-ordinator:
IDS Scheer CR

Partners:

• Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic)
• Agricultural University of Krakow (Poland)
• Information Communications EPIS Ltd. (Greece)
• University of Parma (Italy)
• World Match Ltd. (Malta)
• R&S Info s.r.l. (Italy)
• ISH Ltd. (Hungary)
• Quality & Reliability S.A. (Greece)
• Professional Clinical Software GmbH (Austria)

Timetable: from 01/06 – to 02/08

Total cost: €3.772.331

EC funding: €2.200.000

Instrument: STREP

Project Identifier: IST-2004-027126

Source: FP6 eHealth Portfolio of Projects