EVENT: Study design and first results from the IDEFICS Project

The Identification and Prevention of Lifestyle Induced Health Effects in Children and Infants (IDEFICS) Project is a large-scale European study investigating diet, social determinants and lifestyle factors of 2 to 10 year olds. The study focuses on the investigation of different factors influencing overweight and related disorders. The basis is an intervention programme in kindergartens and schools, focusing on examining and improving the diet of children, on increasing physical exercise and on different methods for coping with psycho-social stress. Sabrina will describe the study design and provide some of the initial findings.

Sabrina Hense aquired a Master of Arts in Sociology at Munster University in 2005. From 2006 to 2008 she was employed at the 'Servizio Sovrazionale di Epidemiologia della Regione Piemonte' in Turin, Italy. She came back to Germany in 2008 to start postgraduate studies for the Master of Science in Public Health at the University of Dusseldorf. Concurrently she took up employment as a research fellow in the Research Unit 'Lifestyle Related Disorders' at the Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine (BIPS). She is currently finishing her master's studies and recently started to work on her PhD on sleep duration and health outcomes.