Maria Wakolbinger, Eva Winzer and Kyriaki Papantoniou receive Horizon Europe Grant

Bild 1 und 3: MedUni Wien/feelimage, Bild 2: Johannes Ehn - A project team led by Maria Wakolbinger, Eva Winzer and Kyriaki Papantoniou from the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine and the Department of Epidemiology at the Center for Public Health at MedUni Vienna has been awarded a prestigious Horizon Europe Grant for the SHIFT2HEALTH project. The aim of the project, which is being carried out by 15 European partners in seven European countries, is to gain new insights into the causes of overweight and obesity in shift workers, both in terms of behavioural and physiological factors. The project is coordinated by Karl-Heinz Wagner from the University of Vienna. The grant is worth 10 million euros, half a million of which will go to the Medical University of Vienna. Around 34 million people in the EU work shifting. Work-related lifestyles, which are often associated with an increased risk of overweight or obesity and related health problems, put pressure on both individuals and national health systems. Therefore, strategies to promote healthy eating behaviours are increasingly needed to empower both workers and health systems.