Let’s Move Europa: School-based promotion of healthy lifestyles to prevent obesity

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Unibo structure involved: Department for Life Quality Studies - QUVI
Scientific manager: Andrea Ceciliani
Unibo Team: Laura Dallolio (DIBINEM); Alice Masini (DIBINEM); Sofia Marini (DIBINEM)
Project Web page:  https://eumoveproject.eu
Erasmus+ Action type: Sport Collaborative Partnerships
Project reference: 622242-EPP-1-2020-1-ES-SPO-SCP
Start Date: 1 January 2021
End Date: 31 December 2023
Budget:      Total: € 399,379      UNIBO:  €23,333 

Coordinator
UNIVERSIDAD DE EXTREMADURA (ES)

Partners
UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO (PT)
UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER (UK)
AZUR SPORT SANTE (FR)
EUROPEACTIVE (BE)
UNIVERSITE COTE D'AZUR (FR)
MOVING SCHOOL 21, ASSOCIAZIONE ONLUS (IT)
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITÀ DI  BOLOGNA (IT)
AGENCIA ESPANOLA DE PROTECCION DE LA SALUD EN EL DEPORTE (ES)
SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA EDUCACAO FISICA (PT)
UNIVERSIDAD DE CASTILLA-LA MANCHA (ES)
UNIVERSIDAD DE CADIZ (ES)
THE NORTHERN IRELAND COUNCIL FOR THE CURRICULUM, EXAMINATIONS AND ASSESSMENT (UK)
FACULDADE DE MOTRICIDADE HUMANA (PT) 

Summary
Physical inactivity is a worldwide public challenge and a leading risk factor for overweight and obesity. Despite the well-recognized benefits of physical activity (PA), only 29% of European youth meet recommended guidelines of at least 60 minutes of daily moderate-to-vigorous PA. The school setting provides an ideal environment to promote healthy lifestyles among young people as initiatives can target all students and the whole school community.

The main goal of the EUMOVE project is to develop and disseminate a comprehensive set of strategies and evidence-based resources to promote healthy lifestyles in order to reduce risk factors for non-communicable diseases. This is a 3-year project delivered by a collaboration between academic and non-governmental institutions from Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The direct beneficiaries of the project will include school leaders, teachers, and parents, and indirect beneficiaries will be primary and secondary students.

EUMOVE project will develop a set of strategies and resources such as Physically Active Lessons Toolkit, Real Time Active Breaks Platform, Active School Commuting Toolkit, Learning Units about healthy lifestyles promotion, School Leaders toolkit, Parents Toolkit about promoting healthy lifestyles, and Mobile phone APP. Project dissemination will be implemented across each partner region and includes: Online dissemination through a Learning Platform, Scientific Seminars aimed at teachers and researchers, Workshops with teachers including training on how to use the teaching resources, and Workshops with parents providing recommendations for promoting healthy lifestyle in their children. Thus, the EUMOVE project offers evidence-based and innovative resources to be applied by the educational community in the real-world setting to promote PA levels, appropriate diet and sleep habits, and reduce sedentary time amongst children and adolescents across a number of European countries.