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Health inequalities are defined as “differences in health status between individuals or groups, as measured by for example life expectancy, mortality or disease”. Both individual behaviour as environmental determinants are important factors, and indicative for the health gap.

WHAT are the differences in behaviour between the low and the high education group, and how do the indicators of that behaviour evolve after targeted interventions?
Indicators of the gap in health-related behaviours between low and high socio-economic groups.

Belgium

DRINKS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Indicators of the gap in health-related behaviours between low and high socio-economic groups.

France

DRINKS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Indicators of the gap in health-related behaviours between low and high socio-economic groups.

Bulgaria

DRINKS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Indicators of the gap in health-related behaviours between low and high socio-economic groups.

Greece

DRINKS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Indicators of the gap in health-related behaviours between low and high socio-economic groups.

Netherlands

Fruits &vegetables
DRINKS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
SLEEP
Indicators of the gap in health-related behaviours between low and high socio-economic groups.

Portugal

Fruits &vegetables
DRINKS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
SLEEP
Indicators of the gap in health-related behaviours between low and high socio-economic groups.

Romania

Fruits &vegetables
DRINKS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
SLEEP

WHY is there a difference in behaviour between the low and the high education group, and how do these determinants of the social and physical environment of the child evolve after targeted interventions?

With the first sustainable changes in energy-balance related behaviour, EPHE sends a positive signal for the community-based approach in addressing childhood obesity in all populations.

Dr. Jean-Michel Borys, founder of the EPODE methodology