NUTRIWELLB
Nutrition and WellBeing Fact Checking for HE

Territory
Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, North Macedonia
Implementation period
December 2022 – November 2024
Donor
Erasmus+, Spanish National Agency for Education (SEPIE)
Project objective
Our objective is to combat nutritional misinformation and negative stereotypes that affect people's health.
The project intends to contribute to the digital landscape through an integrated and innovative platform that counters fake news and misleading advertising on products and health and, through action-oriented approaches, promotes digital literacy among young people and higher education teachers.
Target audience
The project targets students aged 18 to 30 who interact with social media and risk facing incorrect food information on a daily basis.
Activities
The project promotes four main actions to counter fake news on nutrition and false diets that reinforce stereotypes about the female figure that negatively affect this sector of the population, generating problems such as eating disorders and health complications:
Develop a methodological proposal for e-books and the development of the information platform and implementation of online learning materials leading to a pilot course on digital security, digital marketing strategies, fact-checking and critical thinking.
Development of a training curriculum and design of an awareness strategy and training materials and the design of the strategy and learning materials. The focus is on developing materials hosted on the Moodle platform to support Action 3.
Implementation of pilot courses and activities with groups of students and other young people to validate the adequacy of materials and training in real application. Focus on the number of students trained and measure their satisfaction and refine future courses after the end of the project.
Develop a guide for higher education supported by a network of experts, including materials, resources and tools for awareness campaigns and to promote healthy attitudes towards reality and the use of media and digital tools.
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Partners
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (lead) Fondazione Comunitaria di Agrigento e Trapani (Italy) Universidad de Alcalà (Spain) Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities – ACEEU (Germany) Universidad Nova (Portugal) Centre for Knowledge Management (North Macedonia)
Programme
The project (2022-1-ES01-KA220-HED-000089546) was selected and co-funded by the Erasmus Plus programme and the Spanish National Agency for Education under the Erasmus + KA220 Cooperation partnerships in Higher education programme
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