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Hello, we are five students (Dries, Naomi, Lisanne, Marije en Tessa) from Het Streek Bovenbuurtweg (Ede, The Netherlands). We are in our fourth year of pre-university education. For our O&O class we were given the assignment to put together a lesson program consisting of two lessons, based on the BigO-app. We had to give those…

On June 6th, 2019 researchers from the BigO project were present during the annual meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) in Prague. During this conference, the BigO researchers presented the project during the symposium entitled: ‘Use of Behavioural Big Data and Citizen Science to enrich scientific data on (un)healthy…

On 22-24 May, 2019, the BigO consortium partners gathered in Thessaloniki. The meeting was focused on the evaluation of data collection at the schools (EA, EKP, IEGS) and the clinics (BRFAA, Mando, TSCUH) while using the myBigO app and portals. In addition, plans were made to increase participant involvement and boost data collection in the coming…

Assistant Professor Ioannis Ioakeimidis (KI) and Professor Anastasios Delopoulos (AUTH) were invited to present in JRC’s Marketplace for Best practices in Ispra, Italy at May 14-15, 2019, focusing on behavioural analysis of eating and physical activity behaviours at schools. During the 2 day event, the two representatives had the possibility to present current advances in…

The results of one of the first pilot studies of the BigO project were presented as an oral presentation entitled “BigO: Big Data Against Childhood Obesity – A Clinical Pilot Study in Greece” at the 12th State of the Art Adolescent Medicine Course, Athens, Greece on the 6th of April, 2019. This pilot study was carried out…

The ASOI (Association for the Study of Obesity in Ireland) hosted its 7th Annual Conference and AGM on 17 and 18 May 2019 in Dublin.  Speakers came from a range of backgrounds and disciplines, including clinical, social science, media and patients. Many sessions were led by patient representatives. Topics included the role of genetics in determining…

BigO sponsored an educational event that took place on Wednesday the 8th of May, 2019 on the beautiful site of Agios Nikolaos, Imathia (Greece). In a green environment, students of the 1st EPAL Kalamarias (Greece) participating in the BigO program discussed healthy lifestyle issues, learned about the benefits of systematic exercise, participated in sports activities, danced, and…

The ‘myBigO‘ app was one of the two applications that were used for data collection for the European Big Data Hackathon. During the event, the hackathon teams were given raw data collected by the app, meal self-reports and pictures, as well as behavioural indicators extracted by the BigO system related to physical activity, transportation modes …

On March 7th and 8th, scientists from Karolinska Institute gave a series of invited lectures to around 90 students of Internationella Engelska Skolan in central Stockholm, regarding the social challenge of childhood obesity, presenting them with up-to-date scientific information on the matter. The presentation also covered potential use of novel methodologies, like the myBigO app,…