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Date: 12-01-23

How harmful is it to your health to live on a major road? Are info-mails from research institutes to stakeholders actually read? And: How must health policy be made so that plans for a healthier

32. I.Family

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Date: 21-02-23

…Research results from the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort study Official project websites: http://www.ideficsstudy.eu and www.ifamilystudy.eu Contact: i.family@leibniz-bips.de Details on the objectives and methods as…

33. BIPS Director receives prestigious DAGStat medal

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Date: 03-04-25

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Prof. Dr. Iris Pigeot, Director of the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, received the DAGStat medal at the DAGStat conference in Berlin on March 27. With this award,

34. How our emotions influence what we eat

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Date: 17-01-24

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A new study by the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS has investigated how emotional states influence the eating habits of children and adolescents and which

35. Leibniz-Chair at BIPS: Lucia Reisch appointed for another five years

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Date: 29-06-22

The internationally renowned social scientist and economist Prof. Dr. Lucia Reisch has held a Leibniz Chair at BIPS since 2017.

The internationally renowned social scientist and economist Prof. Dr. Lucia Reisch has held a Leibniz Chair at the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS since 2017.

36. Birth control pill: new preparations have higher risk of thrombosis, but are prescribed frequently

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Date: 12-10-22

The birth control pill increases the risk of thrombosis. This is now well known. But how high the risk is varies greatly between the different preparations. A study by the Leibniz Institute for

37. [BIPS Project] Data competence center for the Bremen region. “HealthyPlanet": Satellite-based data of environmental factors and its impact on health and health behaviors and Citizen Science project “Guardians of the Hedgehogs”

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=1039&cHash=db7ba9884ef6f8b711d7360c8d98c3e3
Date: 15-11-23

… data science methods. By capitalizing on decades of prior research and the existing rich dataset of IDEFICS/I.Family children cohort, the project aims to conduct a feasibility study to bridge the knowledge gap…

38. Childhood Nutrition: The "sugar-trick" backfires

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Date: 26-10-18

… Estland und Deutschland hat die Daten der mehr als 16.000 Kinder ausgewertet, die an der europäischen IDEFICS-Studie zu kindlichem Übergewicht teilgenommen hatten. Ein großer Teil der Kinder, wurde dabei im…

39. How policies can protect the health and life of millions

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Date: 29-11-22

The covid-19-pandemic may give a different impression, but non-communicable diseases are by far the leading cause of disability and death in Europe. New research shows: These diseases are much better

40. [Head of Unit] Dr. Antje Hebestreit

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Date: 01-01-70

… largest pan-European intervention study on diet- and lifestyle-related disorders in children (www.ideficsstudy.eu; 2006-2012) and was a member of the steering committee of the subsequent cohort study…