Obesity is partly driven by environmental exposures to unhealthy food outlets and lack of options to be physically active, which form barriers to adhering to a healthy lifestyle. Regional studies suggest that obesogenic environments are related to obesity and chronic disease outcomes, but the scale and consequences in Europe has not yet been investigated.
In the
OBCT project, a strong multi-disciplinary team will study and address obesogenic environmental exposures, with a focus on socio-economic inequalities. We harness the ever-increasing availability and accuracy of environmental exposure data, and methods to operationalize and analyze them. In the upcoming years we accelerate this work, which also encompass the enrichment of large cohort studies and health surveys with data on obesogenic exposures, to study its impact on lifestyle behaviours, obesity and chronic disease outcomes within and across all countries and regions of Europe.
Your project will have an epidemiological/health science focus. You will contribute to the development of the EU-wide obesogenic neighbourhood index and analyze its associations with health outcomes within and across EU countries, using large cohort studies and administrative data.
You bring a high level of energy and perseverance to our team, along with strong social skills.
Your role involves obtaining (secondary) data from various sources and international teams, so the ability to connect with people and navigate different environments is essential.