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FOOD (Fighting Obesity through Offer and Demand) started in 2009 in 6 countries as a European project co-funded by the European Commission and gathering public and private partners to promote balanced nutrition. Since 2012, it has become an independent programme existing in 8 countries: Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia and Sweden.

Project rational
The EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health provided the policy framework for the project with DG SANCO of the European Commission securing the funding through their Executive Agency for Health and Consumers(EAHC).

Objectives
The two main objectives of the project are:


 * To improve the nutritional habits of employees by raising their awareness to health issues.


 * To improve the nutritional quality of the food on offer in restaurants.

The specific objectives are:


 * To evaluate the needs and expectations regarding nutrition information of restaurants and employees in companies
 * To collect experts’ recommendations after the understanding of the needs
 * To adapt the recommendations into practical messages and communication tools
 * To adapt the offer in restaurants to the demand of the consumers
 * To organize useful trainings according to the countries
 * To enable a large access to detailed information to the targets.

Methodology
To meet the objectives, the FOOD project has created essential channels of communication between the companies and the restaurants using its unique network of contacts through the Ticket Restaurant® solution, following five complementary sets of actions:


 * 1) An inventory of existing health promotion programmes in the workplace and in restaurants was followed by two questionnaires. The first was a quantitative survey, addressing employees (52,000) and restaurants (5,000) to better understand the project’s needs. The second, a qualitative study, was done by conducting 60 interviews in restaurants in 12 countries.
 * 2) Following a comparative study of the surveys’ results, recommendations were made by the partners.
 * 3) Simple tools were developed, adapted and piloted for restaurants and companies.
 * 4) Pilots were evaluated.
 * 5) Following the evaluation, tools were adapted and best practices disseminated.

Partners of the project

 * Main partner: Edenred S.A.

Associated partners:


 * Information and Research Centre for Food Intolerances and Hygiene (CIRIHA)
 * National Food and Health Plan of the Belgian Health Ministry (PNNS - SPF SP)
 * Hravě žij zdravě o. s. (Healthy Living the Easy Way) and Project STOB (Stop Obesity) (STOB)
 * Institut Paul Bocuse
 * The University of Perugia
 * Spanish Agency of Food Security and Nutrition (AESAN)
 * Mediterranean Diet Foundation (FDM)
 * Karolinska Institutet (KI)
 * And 6 Edenred Units

Collaborating partners:


 * Prevent
 * NutriChallenge
 * Professor Ambroise Martin
 * Ministry of Agriculture in France
 * Anact
 * City University London
 * Thalassa Sea&Spa
 * Italian National Institute for the Research of Food and Nutrition (INRAN)
 * Balearic Government (FOOD PRO-FIT)
 * Generalitat de Catalunya
 * Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic (PHA SR)
 * Edenred in Slovakia
 * Keyhole Restaurant Association
 * International Labour Organization (ILO)
 * Eurotoques
 * European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP)
 * The European project Guidelines for the Prevention of Obesity at the Workplace (GPOW)

Partners of the programme

 * Coordinator: Edenred S.A.

The partners:


 * Information and Research Centre for Food Intolerances and Hygiene (CIRIHA)
 * National Food and Health Plan of the Belgian Health Ministry (PNNS - SPF SP)
 * Prevent
 * NutriChallenge
 * Hravě žij zdravě o. s. (Healthy Living the Easy Way) and Project STOB (Stop Obesity) (STOB)
 * Prof. Ambroise Martin
 * The University of Perugia
 * Mediterranean Diet Foundation (FDM)
 * Spanish Foundation of Dietitians-Nutritionists (FEDN)
 * City University London
 * General Direction of Health in Portugal (DGS)
 * Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic (PHA SR)
 * Keyhole Restaurant Association
 * International Labour Organization (ILO)
 * European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP)
 * CSR Europe
 * And 8 Edenred Units

The programme
The partners have decided to continue developing and disseminating the project after the end of the funding period and the support from the European Commission. The partners are motivated to take advantage of the actions, experience and results of the project and create an easily adaptable programme.

A new consortium agreement linking 23 partners in 8 countries was signed in Brussels on December 14th, 2011.

The programme is meant to be developed with new partners and in new countries.