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The Eurecat<\/a><\/strong> technology centre leads a European-level clinical study whose main purpose is to demonstrate that an energy-restricted Mediterranean diet<\/strong> enriched with products typical of the Mediterranean, such as pomegranate, chickpeas, nuts and sourdough bread, is more effective in reducing weight<\/strong> and cardiovascular risk factors associated<\/strong> with youth obesity<\/strong> than a conventional energy-restricted low-fat diet.<\/p>\n

The study will last four months and is to be conducted with 240 teens aged<\/strong> 13 to 17 with obesity from Spain, Portugal and Italy. For the first time \u201ca study of this kind will be carried out with participants from different Mediterranean countries,\u201d points out Aurora Ses\u00e9, the project\u2019s coordinator.<\/p>\n

Omics technologies will be used as part of the research. \u201cThey will give us a better understanding of the mechanisms by which the Mediterranean diet produces its healthy effects based on analysis of bacterial populations and metabolites in the intestine,\u201d says Antoni Caimari, the project\u2019s technical coordinator and head of Eurecat\u2019s Biotech Area.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe study will be accompanied by an educational web app to encourage and maintain a healthy behaviour,\u201d notes Aurora Ses\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Antoni Caimari adds that the project also aims \u201cto drive production and consumption of traditional healthy Mediterranean products by fostering long-term sustained demand, make agri-food industry undertakings more competitive and bolster local production systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Youth obesity in Mediterranean countries<\/h2>\n

World Health Organisation figures for 2016 show youth obesity has quadrupled over the last 30 years and 18% of children and teens between the ages of 5 and 19 are overweight or obese, with a particularly high incidence in Mediterranean countries such as Italy, Spain and Portugal.<\/p>\n

Obesity is associated with increased rates of diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and high blood pressure, all of which are risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease in adulthood.<\/p>\n

The MED4Youth project<\/strong> consortium is coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre and also involves the University of Parma<\/a>\u00a0(Italy), the\u00a0University of Coimbra<\/a>\u00a0(Portugal), Shikma Field Crops (Israel), the\u00a0Scientific Food Center\u00a0<\/a>(Jordan) and Panishop-Novapan<\/a>\u00a0(Spain).<\/p>\n

The project is part of the PRIMA programme which is supported by the European Union and ACCIO, the Catalan Agency for Business Competitiveness, Spain\u2019s Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology CDTI, the Israel Innovation Authority, Italy\u2019s Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, the Jordan Scientific Research Support Fund and Portugal\u2019s Foundation for Science and Technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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