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The We Love Eating project is a European pilot project implemented in 2014-2015 period in order to educate the citizens how to eat healthy.

Background[edit]

Nowadays, the risk of a premature death is very high in Europe. Many factors such as the junk food, or the laziness make the European Commission to take measures regarding the education on this area.[1] The European Union needs to ensure that human health is protected as its policies state. The We love Eating project is part of Europa 2020 strategy that aims to bring the EU into a smart and sustainable economy for all the citizens, and for doing that, it requests population in good health. The We love Eating project is an experimental project aimed to try different ways to address a problem in the nutrition and physical exercise area in seven countries around Europe:Banská Bystrica, Slovakia; Bradford, UK; Cluj Napoca, Romania; Deventer, Netherlands; Granollers, Spain; Poznań, Poland; and Roncq, France. Each city has the Local Promoting Groups (LPGs) formed from different organisations for making the program work. It promotes good practices, healthy diets and educational programs for the main targeted groups: children, pregnant women and older people, especially from low socio-economic backgrounds.The project develops a good relationship with what we eat, encouraging the pleasure it brings and a healthy physical activity. [2] For giving credibility and authority to the program, this is sustained with different scientific experts who give guidelines for project and create the tools for informing the citizens.[3]

  • Prof. Bjarne Bruun Jensen[4]
  • Goof Buijs[5]
  • Prof. Tina Lavender[6]
  • Prof. Margaret Lumbers[7]
  • Dr. Esteve Llargués[8]
  • Prof. Monique Romon[9]
  • Prof. W Bruce Traill [10]

Activities[edit]

The activities are making the citizens learn how to eat healthy through a funny and non-formal education.

For everyone Closing event in Granollers -an event organized in a public space in Granollers for implementing a healthy style. The authorities decided to disseminate the messages of the project with special decorations and informative brochures.[11]

For Old People Picnic in the Park for the Cluj-Napoca elderly - On the 1st of May, the We love Eating project with the Magic People Association create a special event for the old ones with many funny physical exercises and delicious food cooked by Teodora Rogobete.[12]

For Pregnant Women A useful workshop for the pregnant women or the young mothers about the messages of The We love Eating project, such as the drinking of water, the physical activity, or the consummation of fruits and vegetables. [13]

For kids King Games Day is a national event that promotes sports every year. This activity encourages the physical activities through sport and the healthy food among the children from primary schools in Deventer.[14]

Tools[edit]

Card Game is a funny game developed by the We love Eating project for making the introducing of a healthy lifestyle more accessible. The game implies 2 to 5 people to play. The goal is to remain with no card in the hand by creating different meals from the five food groups: fruits, starchy food, vegetables, dairy products and proteins.[15]

We love Eating Game is an excited game based on making healthy diets from different food groups. Every level is even harder and the clock is ticking until the player makes the choices. [16]

The Survey is a test made to help the citizen to eat healthy by recommending particular diets.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://ec.europa.eu/health/nutrition_physical_activity/policy/index_en.htm
  2. ^ http://www.we-love-eating.eu/en/the-campaign/how-it-works
  3. ^ http://www.we-love-eating.eu/en/the-campaign/who-we-are
  4. ^ https://steno.dk/da/pages/
  5. ^ http://www.cbo.nl/en/
  6. ^ http://www.manchester.ac.uk/
  7. ^ http://www.surrey.ac.uk/
  8. ^ http://www.fphag.org/
  9. ^ http://www.univ-lille2.fr/
  10. ^ http://www.reading.ac.uk/
  11. ^ http://www.we-love-eating.eu/en/the-cities/granollers/activities/closing-event-granollers
  12. ^ http://www.we-love-eating.eu/en/the-cities/cluj-napoca/activities/picnic-parc-pentru-varstincii-clujeni-picnic-park-cluj-napoca
  13. ^ http://www.we-love-eating.eu/en/the-cities/roncq/activities/workshop-pregnant-women-and-young-mothers
  14. ^ http://www.we-love-eating.eu/en/the-cities/deventer/activities/king-games-day
  15. ^ http://www.we-love-eating.eu/en/node/1723
  16. ^ http://www.we-love-eating.eu/en/node/2059
  17. ^ http://www.we-love-eating.eu/en/the-tools/survey



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