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Anastasios Delopoulos from AUTH and Sarah Browne from TSCUH and RCSI travelled to Porto, Portugal for the 28nd European Childhood Obesity Group congress. This annual meeting attracts European-wide clinicians and academics working directly with children who are overweight or have obesity. Anastasios introduced the audience to the BigO project whereas Sarah presented a poster on the BigO…

On 7th November 2018 Sarah Browne from Temple St. Children’s University Hospital (TSCUH) and RCSI presented on the BigO Project at the Health Informatics Society of Ireland conference.  The conference is held annually with attendees from many sectors including healthcare, industry, and academia. The 2018 conference took place in the Croke Park conference centre in Dublin…

On Sunday November 4th, 17 living rooms opened their doors for lecturers and researchers of Wageningen University and Research and invited their neighbors and friends for the event. The event was organized on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the University. In one of the living rooms Dr. Monica Mars talked about childhood obesity…

During the Thessaly Science Festival [Larissa, 11th-12th of October 2018], Ekpaideftiria N. Mpakogianni (EKP) presented the BigO project to numerous schools from the area, receiving great interest from students and their teachers. Volunteer students had the opportunity to register in the BigO system and start contributing their data. In addition, elementary school students that will…

On October 5th representatives from KI and IEGS presented the BigO System (the mobile app and the School Portal) to Physical Education, Science, and Home Economy teachers in the facilities of IEGS in central Stockholm. The participating teachers came from 3 different schools in the Stockholm area (IES Årsta, IES Hässelby, and IES Länna) and…

On Sunday, October 7th 2018, members of the BigO project team were present for the 2nd consecutive year at “AUTH in the city” 2018, an event that takes place annually at the main square of Thessaloniki, in Greece. AUTH in the city is organised by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and offers the opportunity to…

Prof. Anastasios Delopoulos, project coordinator, presented BigO as a poster during the 57th Annual ESPE Meeting 2018. The ESPE (European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology) meeting was held in Athens, 27-29 September 2018. The theme of the meeting was “Narrative and Precision Medicine in Paediatric Endocrinology” and the audience comprised of around 2000 doctors, diabetologists.

On the 28th of September, members of the BigO project team were present at the Researchers Night in Thessaloniki to inform the general public of the BigO vision and activities. This night also provided an opportunity to come in contact with the BigO target group and engage youngsters aged 9-18 years old to register and…

Prof. Anastasios Delopoulos, project coordinator, presented BigO during EASD (European Association for the Study of Diabetes) Postgraduate Course on Diabetes and Technology, that was held in Athens, Greece, on September 20-22, 2018. The audience comprised of around 80 doctors, diabetologists. The presentation of BigO is entitled: “Οbjective Monitoring of the Obesogenic Behaviour and the role…