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B-Challenged Program

A multi-stakeholder approach in creating safe and attractive physical and social environments to promote children’s active outdoor play and healthy eating behaviours.

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Creating Healthier Environments for Children Across Europe

B-Challenged is a European research project dedicated to improving conditions for active outdoor play and healthy eating among children aged 6-12.

We focus on:

socio-economically disadvantaged urban areas, working hand-in-hand with communities in Denmark, Germany, Poland, Spain, and the Netherlands.

Our mission is clear:

to co-create spaces and systems that support children’s health and reduce health inequalities across Europe.

For who:

children aged 6-12.

Working Together for Lasting Change

B-Challenged brings together science and community action. By combining epidemiology, participatory research, and health policy expertise, we develop sustainable solutions that make a real difference.

We don’t work alone. Our multi-stakeholder approach involves children, families, schools, local governments, healthcare professionals, and urban planners—because lasting change happens when everyone has a voice.

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children

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families

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schools

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local governments

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healthcare professionals

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urban planners

Together, we analyze local conditions, identify barriers and opportunities, and co-create actions that reshape physical and social environments to promote healthier lifestyles.

Five Countries, One Shared Goal

From Warsaw’s Praga-Północ to Amsterdam’s western neighborhoods, from Bremen in Germany to Denmark’s Langeland and Zaragoza in Spain—our research takes place in diverse communities facing unique challenges.

The results? Ready-to-use models and evidence-based strategies that can be adapted and implemented in urban areas across Europe. B-Challenged doesn’t just create local solutions—we build a blueprint for healthier cities everywhere.

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Want to Learn More? Contact us!

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Department of Child and Adolescent Health
Institute of Mother and Child

17a Kasprzaka Street,
01-211 Warsaw

phone

Call or write to us

dr Anna Dzielska
tel. 509 075 004
e-mail: anna.dzielska@imid.med.pl

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Funded by ERA4Health and supported by national research agencies across Europe

NCBR
The ERA4Health programme
Innovation Fund Denmark
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Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space