RISTOMED : New E-service for dietary approach to the elderly

1. NEWSLETTER n°3 Work Package 5 – D 5.1
RISTOMED NEWSLETTER
New e-Services for a Dietary Approach to the Elderly
I NS I DE T H IS I SS U E :
• Mixing health expertise for the sake of Public
Health……………………………………………………………… ……………………..…………………… PAGE 1
• RISTOMED paving the way of the Year for Active Ageing…………………………..PAGE 2
• Preparing RISTOMED FINAL CONFERENCE ………………………………………………… PAGE 2-3
February-March 2011
Mixing health
expertise for the sake
of Public Health
Health and age-related diseases are major
endeavours that have become even more
offensive and preventive one where health
promotion is ensured through high quality
diet and nutrition.
Such a goal cannot be reached without R&D
important with life-expectancy rise. With fundings and health systems to be
scientists worldwide sharing their mutualized. Industrialization and the deep
knowledge and the considerable economic changes that have appeared over
development of e-technologies, massive the last century have considerably changed
health discoveries have been made over the our consumption habits and health
last 20 years; enabling to mix theories, conditions. Too many factors such as
compare and mutualize expertise. genetics, environment, socioeconomic
More recently, the power of new trends background and modern eating habits now
related to natural remedies and food impact interact in our health; a complicated
on health have led the European Union to framework that can only be descripted
promote the cooperation between member thanks to the cooperation of the world’s
states; raising new angles of analisis and leading scientists.
crossing existing knowledge for the benefit In other words, our health care providers
of constant health improvement. have to totally reverse their conception of
This has been combined to a profound medecine to help patients go through life
change in mentalities about the way healthily; an angle that is totally new and
healthcare had to be provided. Indeed, where most of world scientists are novices.
from a “defensive” approach where health
policies were made to combat diseases, Ristomed Project which aims at
European bodies have decided to understanding the different approaches and
counteract health deficiencies by an benefits within the EU on nutrition as well
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This document, and information as organized herein are developed by the RISTOMED consortium and are its exclusive property:
Vox Net Soc Coop, Rome University La Sapienza, Bologna University ALMA MATER, Medicine University Charité Hospital Berlin, Gerontologie Clinique Centre Henri Choussat Xavier Arnozan
Hospital – Bordeaux, AISA Therapeutics, ACTIAL Farmaceutica, Maison de l’Argan
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as the elderly people related care systems (about two million more a year) will
is in total keeping with this “innovative” counterbalance the number of active people
approach of medecine, promoting as baby boomers’ generation will join the
pluridisciplinarity, comparing existing existing seniors.
litterature for the sake of innovation.
Thus, it has become of outmost importance
for European Bodies to garantee that the
Ristomed paving the ageing
way of The Year for population
will live
Active Ageing? healthily and
actively to
European people save
are living longer autonomy
than even and in and
much better attractive
conditions. Since living
the 60’s, life conditions.
expectancy has
considerably The main
risen, reaching an goal is to
average 80 years raise the people awareness and concentrate
and that could the efforts at every level, renew with inter-
gain about 5 years more over the next 40 generations solidarity.
years. It is a major change we have to operate,
Conscious that the population is ageing and learning from other countries and crossing
that, by 2050, 1/3 of the population will be knowledge to succed with demographic
more than 60, they are making a general transition.
call to multiply information, conferences,
new tools development, innovative Promoting the improvement of elderly
medecine practices & policies. people health conditions through nutrition
and technology is one of the RISTOMED’s
In 2012, The European Parliament has ambitious goals. At the centre of all
decided to maximize the efforts and set attentions, elderly people have become an
the: “Year for Active Ageing and Inter- urgent priority Europe is trying to valorize
generation solidarity”. Indeed, from 2012, a amongst health stakeholders and the
considerable increase of retired people general population.
Preparing RISTOMED
Final Conference
After more than two years working, the
time has come for us to present our Project
to the world.
Next 12th of April, we will be officially
introducing the whole Consortium, the
mains goals, objectives and results of the
RISTOMED Projects at the Ecole Francaise
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This document, and information as organized herein are developed by the RISTOMED consortium and are its exclusive property:
Vox Net Soc Coop, Rome University La Sapienza, Bologna University ALMA MATER, Medicine University Charité Hospital Berlin, Gerontologie Clinique Centre Henri Choussat Xavier Arnozan
Hospital – Bordeaux, AISA Therapeutics, ACTIAL Farmaceutica, Maison de l’Argan
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de Rome – Piazza Navona,62 – ROME – The conference will feature a good panel
ITALY. discussion with professors at nutritional,
geriatrics and gastroenterology levels.
Under the patronage of Rome Municipality
and Rome Province the European experts Please, join us by registering freely on the
involved in the Project will share their views following link:
on the http://www.ristomed.eu/finalconference/
challenge
of making a
tailored
diet
supplement
ed or not
while
improving
the quality
of life of older people.
Please visit our site www.ristomed.eu for regular updates.
Twitter: RISTOMED
Contact details
Coordinator:
Fabio Buccolini
R&D - RISTOMED Project Manager
Vox Net Società Cooperativa
Via Paisiello,32 – 00198 ROMA ITALY
www.voxnet.eu
email:fabio.buccolini@ristomed.eu
DISCLAIMER: The sole responsibility for the contents of
this newsletter lies with the authors. It does not
represent the opinion of the European Community. The
European Commission is not responsible for any use
that may be made of the information contained therein.
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This document, and information as organized herein are developed by the RISTOMED consortium and are its exclusive property:
Vox Net Soc Coop, Rome University La Sapienza, Bologna University ALMA MATER, Medicine University Charité Hospital Berlin, Gerontologie Clinique Centre Henri Choussat Xavier Arnozan
Hospital – Bordeaux, AISA Therapeutics, ACTIAL Farmaceutica, Maison de l’Argan
Copyright (C) 2009 - 2011