The DIATROFI Program and the support by AB Vassilopoulos at the newscast of ANT1
AB Vassilopoulos supports the Program DIATROFI through the Program “52 weeks, 52 actions of feeding and caring throughout Greece”.
MOCHA Project – Newsletter March 2016
The first issue of MOCHA Newsletter is out. Prolepsis participates as a Country Agent in MOCHA - Models of Child Health Appraised project
Summer School on Science in Society related issues in Pandemics – Second edition
The second edition of the ASSET Summer School will be held at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) in Rome, Italy from June 15 to 17, 2016. In the 2016 Summer School edition, attendants will be given the possibility to present and share their own projects, researches, activities and experiences developed in the field of interest
World Health Day 2016 – Diabetes
Health is a fundamental inalienable right. The World Health Day 2016 is dedicated to the prevention and management of Type 2 diabetes. Globally, the prevalence of diabetes approximates 9% among adults, while almost 1.5 million deaths are attributed to diabetes and its complications annually. The World Health Organization anticipates that diabetes will evolve into the 7th leading cause of death by 2030.
PRAXIS & PRAXIS Educational Organisation supports the DIATROFI Program
We would like to thank PRAXIS & PRAXIS Educational Organisation and the parents of first and second grade students’ for their support to the DIATROFI Program. Thanks to their kind contribution and the matching funds provided by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, founding donor of the Program, 333 meals will be distributed to a public school in the region of Piraeus.
ELASTRON Group supports the DIATROFI Program
We would like to thank ELASTRON Group for supporting the DIATROFI Program. With the kind donation of ELASTRON Group and the matching fund provided by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, founding donor of the Program, one more school will participate in the Program for the current school year with 70 students who will be receiving our healthy and nutritious meals on a daily basis.
Statement of the MEP Notis Marias in the plenary session about the food insecurity in Greece
On March 7 in an address to the plenary session of the European Parliament, Independent Greek MEP Notis Marias presented the issue of food insecurity in Greece. Prof. Marias referred to data collected and analyzed by Prolepsis Institute.
Study published on scientific journal on promotion of healthy nutrition through the Program DIATROFI
The study entitled “Promotion of healthy nutrition among students participating in a school food aid program: a randomized trial” conducted by D. Zota, A. Dalma, A. Petralias, A. Lykou, C-M. Kastorini, M. Yannakoulia, P. Karnaki, K. Belogianni, A. Veloudaki, E. Riza, R. Malik and A. Linou was published in the scientific journal International Journal of Public Health in March 2016.