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YEAH! is an EU-funded project tackling the complex challenge of youth health inequalities. By connecting parents, teachers, peers, and healthcare professionals, and addressing multiple behaviors : diet, physical activity, sleep, and screen time. YEAH! develops innovative, evidence-based digital solutions to promote healthier, more equitable lives for children and adolescents across Europe.
YEAH! aims to create personalized solutions that are scalable, impactful, and equitable.
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The number of european organizations involved in YEAH! consortium
(11 universities, 2 research institutes, 2 university hospitals, 1 association)
The number of countries involved in YEAH! consortium
(France, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom)
The number of researchers involved in the YEAH! project across the 12 work packages.
The total number of children and adolescents to be recruited for the Randomised Controlled Trial across all implementation sites.
The EU funding to carry out YEAH! project
Empower youth through social interactions:
train key actors, parents, teachers, educators, healthcare professionals, and peers, to adopt empowering interpersonal approaches.
Target multiple health behaviors:
foster healthier lifestyles by promoting physical activity, improving diet and sleep quality, and reducing sedentary behaviors, including screen time.
Leverage evidence and co-creation:
develop locally tailored interventions by integrating scientific evidence with insights from end-users and stakeholders.
Maximize scalability and equity:
ensure the intervention reaches a broad population through sustainable, privacy-preserving digital solutions.
Driven by experts in epidemiology, health psychology, and information technology, ensuring a robust and evidence-based design
Led by specialists in public health methodology and sports and physical activity psychology, ensuring the practical delivery of the intervention in real-world settings.
Conducted by behavioral medicine and public health experts, applying rigorous methods to assess the effectiveness, equity, and sustainability of the intervention.
Additionally, the consortium benefits from the knowledge of specialists in social marketing, economics, geography, psychiatry, and physiology, alongside the active involvement of a youth health promotion association to ensure relevance and impact.
Research
children and adolescents gain the tools to monitor and manage their physical, social, and mental health, laying the foundation for lifelong healthy habits.
individuals adopt sustainable health behaviors, maintain active and independent lifestyles, and experience a reduced burden of disease.
economic and healthcare costs linked to preventable illnesses decrease, enabling more efficient resource allocation to high-impact areas and reducing health inequalities.
improved health and digital literacy foster public trust, encouraging greater engagement and adherence to effective health strategies.
health policies evolve to become more knowledge-based, people-centered, and responsive to citizens’ needs, addressing inequalities and enhancing overall well-being.
Discover the latest updates from the YEAH! project and learn how we’re shaping the future of youth health.
The YEAH! project is proud to take part in La Nit Europea de la Recerca, a Europe-wide public event dedicated
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Aïna Chalabaev: Leading the Scientific Coordination of YEAH! from Ideation to Implementation Professor of Sport Psychology at Grenoble Alpes University,
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The Key Role of Tanguy Eveno and Massimo Bidussi in the Development of the European Project YEAH! The European project
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Laetitia Minniti: At the Heart of YEAH!’s Project Coordination Since January 2025, Laetitia Minniti has been serving as Project Manager
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We’re pleased to announce that the YEAH! project is now officially available on Zenodo and HAL, two leading open-access repositories
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Event date : 5th September 2025, Online We’re pleased to confirm that the next YEAH! General Assembly will take place
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For any questions, feedback, or collaboration inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact the YEAH! project team. We will get back to you as soon as possible.
This project has received funding from the European Union´s Horizon Europe under grant agreement No 101155977
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Health and Digital Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the European Health and Digital Executive Agency can be held responsible for them.
