More than 5,000 children will participate in the study.
The Madrid City Council, through Madrid Salud, has expanded the number of participants in its program to up to 5,000 children. Cabbages with WINGS-COPI thanks to a collaboration agreement to promote healthy habits in Madrid schools in order to reduce childhood obesity in the most vulnerable districts. For this, the Madrid City Council and the company Novo Nordisk Pharma have signed a collaboration agreement to develop joint actions that promote healthy habits in Madrid schools aimed at reducing childhood obesity in the most vulnerable districts. The agreement was formalized this Wednesday and was signed by the vice mayor of Madrid, Inma Sanz, and the representative of Novo Nordisk Silvia Meije.
An international project with scientific endorsement.
‘Coles con ALAS-COPI’ is part of the international initiative Cities for Better Health – Childhood Obesity Prevention Initiative (CBH_COPI), led by Nordiskin which cities from Brazil, Canada, France, Japan and South Africa participate. The Madrid project has the academic support of the EPINUT Group of the Complutense University of Madridresponsible for the scientific monitoring and systematic evaluation of activities, anthropometric measurements and statistical analysis of data. our Healthy Eating Foundation participates in the development of the project together with EPINUT. The study has received a favorable report from the Ethics Committee of the Carlos III Health Institute.
During the first two years, educational interventions, family workshops, active games and community campaigns will be developed, followed by a year of evaluation to measure the real impact on the reduction of childhood obesity and the adoption of healthy lifestyle habits.
A worrying reality.
In Madrid, 40.9% of children between 3 and 12 years old are overweight or obese. In districts with less socioeconomic development such as Carabanchel, Usera, Puente de Vallecas and Villaverde the figure rises to 46.7%. Faced with this situation, the City Council created ‘Coles con ALAS’, a project that Madrid Salud launched in 2021 to prevent student obesity and associated diseases through an active and participatory methodology that involves the entire educational community. Now it goes one step further and reinforces its prevention strategy through the ‘Coles con ALAS-COPI’ program, which promotes healthy lifestyles in schoolchildren.
A multidisciplinary team.
The EPINUT Group collaborates in the study under the direction of the Dr. Mª Dolores Marrodánvice president of SEDCA. he teacher. Jesus Romanpresident of our Foundation, is also part of the organizing team of the project.
- Firma del convenio de colaboración entre el Ayuntamiento, Novo Nordisk y EPINUT-SEDCA. Más info de la noticia en:Madrid Salud refuerza el proyecto ‘Coles con ALAS-COPI’ para reducir la obesidad infantil en los distritos más vulnerableshttps://www.europapress.es/madrid/noticia-ayuntamiento-amplia-5000-ninos-participan-programa-reducir-obesidad-infantil-colegios-20251029150144.html https://www.eldiariodemadrid.es/articulo/sanidad/madrid-coles-alas-copi-prevencion-obesidad-infantil-2025/20251029141953112997.html
