EPIC PANACEA identifies and describes the determinants of weight and weight changes and develops specific recommendations and guidelines for the prevention of obesity in Europe.

The study reveals in-depth information on the habits of obese people and as well as on the determinants related to causes of obesity. The assessment of the quantitative contribution of each of the determinants addresses their relative importance in specific sub-populations.

To address this issue the project benefits from a unique collection of comparable data from 520,000 Europeans, men and women from 24 geographically different areas in 11 different countries and ranging in age from 35 to 70 years. These data were collected as part of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

The premise is that healthy habits cannot be adopted by society in the absence of adaptable public health policies designed with a sound understanding of the major determinants of obesity. Obesity prevention can play a major public health role in diminishing the incidence of major chronic diseases (Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes) in Europe.

PANACEA Conference Booklet: 2005328_d10_final_booklet_panacea_conf.pdf

Project Partners:

Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht - UMCU, Netherlands https://www.umcutrecht.nl/en/

University of Oxford - OX Oxford United Kingdom https://www.ox.ac.uk/

Lunds Universiteit – LUND, Sweden https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine – IMPERIAL, London, United Kingdom https://www.imperial.ac.uk/

EPOS IASIS Research and Development Ltd - EPOS IASIS, Cyprus https://www.epos-iasis.com/

Kraeftens Bekaempelse-Institut for Epidemiologisk Kraeftforskning - CANCER.DK, Copenhagen, Denmark https://www.cancer.dk/

Institut National de la Santé et de la recherche Médicale – INSERM, France https://www.inserm.fr/en/home/

Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer – IARC, France https://www.iarc.who.int/fr/

Deutsches Institut fuer Ermaehrungsforschung Postdam-Rehbruecke – DIFE, Nuthetal, Germany https://www.dife.de/en/

Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg – DKFZ, Germany https://www.dkfz.de/en/index.html

Centro per lo Studio e la prevenzione Oncologica (CSPO), Florence, Italy https://www.cspo.it/

Instituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la cura dei Tumore – IRCCS, Milano, Italy https://www.istitutotumori.mi.it/

Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Netherlands https://www.rivm.nl/en

Universitetet i Tromso – UIT, Tromsø, Norway https://uit.no/startsida

Fundación Vasca de Innovación e Investigación Sanitarias – BIOEF, Sondika, Spain https://www.bioef.org/es/

Fundació Privada Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Spain https://idibell.cat/

Fundación para la Formación e Investigación Sanitarias de la Región de Murcia – FFIS, Murcia, Spain https://www.ffis.es/

Umeå Universitet – UMEA, Sweden https://www.umu.se/en/

Medical Research Council – MRC, London, United Kingdom https://lms.mrc.ac.uk/

Funding:

European Commission DG SANCO. Priority area and action: Health determinants 3. Action 3.4. - Disease prevention and prevention of injuries(1HP.HD-20053-34). Project number: 2005328.