15.02.2011
Launch of Obesity Hub and Healthwell data workshop
The Obesity Hub (http://obesity.thehealthwell.info),
an authoritative source of obesity related evidence, data and good
practice was launched on 15th February 2011 in
Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, Department of Epidemiology and
Public Health at University College Cork.
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29.04.2010
The HRB Centre for Health and Diet Research are currently carrying out a cross-sectional study involving a sample of 2,000 men and women in the same age group using a similar primary care sampling strategy (Cork & Kerry, Phase II study).
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18.03.2010
A conference entitled "Public Health Nutrition and Related Research - Preparing a Proposal for EU FP7 Funding" was held in Rosscarbery, Cork on 11th and 12th March 2010. The overall aim of this two-day event was to provide specialised training on FP7 funding and to target relevant Call Topics in the forthcoming FP7 Work Programme in Health (due to be published in July 2010).
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30.09.2009
An obesity epidemic is set to place significant strain on public expenditure in the coming decades unless effective means of tackling it are found, according to the Director of the Centre of Excellence for Public Health, based at Queen’s University.
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30.09.2009
Prevalence of overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland
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27.11.2008
Two out of three Irish adults are overweight and one in four is obese according to a new report that provides a detailed analysis of the nutritional status and dietary habits of the Irish population
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