Effectiveness of Targeted Educational Intervention on Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Serbian Population

The overall idea to be evaluated in this project is that educational activities providing top-notch knowledge on diet and physical activity may represent an additional benefit to the strategies aimed at decreasing lifestyle diseases in Serbian population of both young and mature age. The specific objectives of this project are: 1. to develop user-friendly guidelines for physical activity and nutrition for two age group cohorts (K-12 and adults) of Serbia residents; 2. to provide a brief educational intervention about nutrition and healthy lifestyles at school or work settings in each age group; 3. to determine if an educational intervention would yield an additional benefit in the acquisition of knowledge on nutrition and physical activity; 4. to promote and disseminate project results using popular media, non-professional and professional bodies and relevant events.