EPODE International Network (EIN), the world’s largest obesity and NCDs prevention network, in partnership with the PRAIS Foundation – SETS Movement, holds the first European Obesity Forum, in Bucharest from 16th to 18th October 2013. This event is an exceptional opportunity for the CBPs from all over Europe and their multi-stakeholder supporters to share best … read more
10 SETS rules for a healthy lifestyle, at the beginning of the school year:
First day of school. A day full of emotions, both for children and for parents. We mobilize our forces to help them have a good year at school and to keep them in shape. What are the favorite food plates in our family? Do we have reasons to make a change? Is it beneficial to … read more
Obesity can be successfully prevented
As part of the national movement “I’m living healthy, too!” – SETS, at the initiative of PRAIS Foundation, a sociologic study of Bucharest 1st graders’ lifestyle habits was conducted by GfK Romania. The official launch of the second SETS edition will further target the achievement of the objectives related to the prevention of child obesity … read more
The tomato can „play a double meal”
The fact that the famous fruit – yes, tomato is a fruit, with a history of over 3,000 years and origins in the Andes Cordillera – has numerous beneficial effects on health, is no longer a secret. The tomato contains 90% water, easily digestible by the human body and makes up the ideal base for … read more
2,137 pupils from 38 schools in Sector 1 involved in the 4th edition of “Your World? Clean!”
The PRAIS Foundation, together with Romprest – main partner, launched the fourth edition of the extracurricular educational program “Your World? Clean!” – LTC, which provides direct intervention on 2,137 4th grade pupils from 38 schools in Bucharest – Sector 1 and aims to educate the young generation for the selective collection of recyclable waste, promoting … read more
Preschoolers do not play outdoors often enough
The PRAIS Foundation, initiator of the national movement “I’m living healthy, too!” – SETS, presents the results of the study conducted by doctor Pooja Tandon and his team at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute, carried out on 9,000 children aged between 4 and 5 years – a sample representing 4 million children in this age … read more
Family meals and socialization
During the debates of the Scientific Council of the National Movement “I’m living healthy, too!” – SETS, initiated by the PRAIS Foundation with the purpose of preventing childhood obesity, the lifestyle is approached holistically as being a broad concept that integrates our attitudes towards life, intimately linked to health, to the well-being of an individual. … read more
National movement “I’m living healthy, too!” – SETS: 48,000 pupils from the primary level of education will learn about healthy lifestyle
PRAIS Foundation is launching the first annual edition of the national movement “I’m living healthy too!” – SETS aiming, for a period of 5 years, at preventing child obesity among children and promoting a healthy lifestyle among the Romanian families, in a new, holistic approach: mind, body, spirit. In September at The UN Summit on NCDs* … read more
Official launch of the mational movement “I’m living healthy too!” – SETS
On March 1st, 2011, PRAIS Foundation has officially launched, for a period of 5 years, the National Movement “I’m living healthy too!” – SETS, aiming at preventing juvenile obesity among children under 12 years of age and promoting a healthy lifestyle among families. For the first time, this issue is holistically approached within the Scientific … read more
PRAIS GREEN CSR: In 4 years, 98,000 volunteers and 91,000 employees planted more than 53,198,000 trees and more than 23,254,000 younglings and plants
PRAIS Corporate Communications and PRAIS Foundation, the initiators of the National Planting Movement „Millions of People, Millions of Trees”, have announced the results of the 4th edition. Since its launch, in September 2006, to the month of May 2010, the movement has cumulatively registered a record number of plantings nationwide: more than 53,198,000 trees and … read more