The Minerva team headed to Prague recently to attend one of Europe’s biggest health conferences, the European Congress on Obesity 2015 (ECO 2015).
The event attracts thousands of delegates annually and this year took place in the Czech capital from 6th – 9th May. ECO is an opportunity for Europe’s foremost health academics to share innovative research developments and discuss latest preventive and treatment strategies in the fight against obesity and associated health issues.
Keynote speeches and a range of workshops were delivered, covering a broad spectrum of obesity-related topics including nutrition, behaviour and lifestyle, mental health, society and environment, and public health and prevention.
Director of Minerva, Rhonda Smith and colleague Kate Viggers attended on behalf of the EC-funded I.Family Study, that is investigating the determinants of food choice, lifestyle and health in European children, adolescents and their parents. Minerva is the communications partner for the project.
“ECO 2015 was an effective opportunity to raise awareness of I.Family and the questions currently being addressed by our research centres. It’s also a valuable networking exercise and enabled us to build further links with similar projects across Europe,” said Rhonda.
With access to the press room and all scientific sessions, ECO 2015 was a busy but productive few days for the Minerva team.