The IISPV is participating in a European study that will identify healthy lifestyle habits with an impact on the physical and emotional health of adolescents, to incorporate them into an app designed to offer recommendations to this group and improve their overall well-being

A European-wide investigation in which the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute (IISPV) participates studies which factors influence the emotional and physical health of adolescents, so that they themselves can adopt them in their day-to-day lives or strengthen them, in the event that they already have them incorporated, and so that they can improve their overall well-being. Specifically, researchers from the NeuroEpia Research Group (Clinical and Epidemiological Neuroscience) are participating, which, through first an observational study (monitoring a population of adolescents and their habits) and a subsequent intervention with these young people, will corroborate which aspects have a greater influence on their health.

In the last phase of the study, these aspects of healthy living will be incorporated into a mobile application designed so that adolescents can install it on their device and receive advice and recommendations on how to improve their emotional and physical health.

The project, called YEAH! (Youth hEAlth from a Holistic perspective), is led at the IISPV by principal investigator Jordi Julvez, head of the NeuroEpia Research group.

It is coordinated by the Universite Grenoble Alpes and will last 5 years. It is funded by the European Union.