Nowadays students in our schools seem not having the time or feeling the need to make sports, to develop healthy habits, so unfortunately this is
causing sedentarism, unhealthy eating habits and lack of physical exercise which becomes a very big problem for all the people involved in the
educational system and for the families too. The reason of all these missbehaviors is that children are using almost all the time the new
technologies, and this make them to stay inside, in front of a device. Also the parents are so busy in order to ignore somehow their children’s
eating habits, this is why so many teenagers are fighting against obesity, different physical disabilities or even psychological issues. It is known
already the fact that excess weight highly increases people’s risk of having communicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular diseases,
diabetes etc.

The project main idea is to have a big impact on the target groups in order to make some important transformations in their current behavior
related to food and healthy cooking.
The project main objectives are:
- Decreasing the number of consumers of fast food in our target group by at least 50% after 2 project years.
- Raising the awareness of at least 70% of participants about the principles of healthy eating;
- Increasing sports activity to a minimum of 1 hour per day for more 60% of students in the TG;
- Improving communication skills, interpersonal skills and self-confidence in a European environment of at least 65% of participants
- Exchanging ideas and practices with other European schools in order to create one brochure for students and parents and one brochure for
schools.
- Developing the knowledge about the diversity of European sports and cultures of at least 70% participants.
 

Participants
The project addresses three target groups:
1. students - aged 6-11, students with weight problems as well as regular students (the reason for the choice of this age range is that at these
ages, students start developing long-term behaviours, so it is a critical age for the development of the future adults). They will be in the middle of
all activities locally but they will nt be able to join the mobilities as direct participants.
2. parents – we will inform them about the project development and involve them in the local activities so as to raise their awareness about the
importance of healthy diet for their children’s development. We intend parents to join our activities, to observe their children in interaction, to see
how happy they are and to make them continue this way of living at home, to involve their children in outdoor activities as much as possible.
3. teachers - will participate in project meetings. They will be able to share new experiences, to analyse the similarities/differences, to identify
good practices in order to apply them in their own schools. They will learn from their European peers and will become also resources for their
colleagues in order to ensure the sustainability of the project results.