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DUSE - Counteracting Diabetes through Interdisciplinary Education
A modular educational toolkit including lesson plans, a gamified app, and dietary protocols to promote physical activity and nutrition, aiming to prevent diabetes among children, adolescents, and university students.
Aims of the tool
To enhance health-related fitness knowledge, assist in achieving higher fitness levels, develop responsible health attitudes, and improve daily habits regarding nutrition, hydration, and sleep to counteract the onset of diabetes.
Description of the tool
DUSE educational toolkit freely available on the EPALE platform managed by the European Commission: https://epale.ec.europa.eu/en/resource-centre/content/duse-counteracting-diabetes-through-interdisciplinary-education
The tool uses a pedagogical framework grounded in experiential learning and constructivist principles to deliver age-tailored content. Key features include 28 physical education lesson plans for elementary students focused on fitness components like cardiovascular endurance and muscular strength. For adolescents and families, it provides workshops on nutritional literacy, food diaries, and a protocol for high-risk children in clinical settings. Digital literacy is integrated through the creation of personalized health-tracking tools and the open-access Vitalia App. Learning outcomes include the ability to measure heart rate, set SMART goals, read food labels, and identify healthy lifestyle "pillars".
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Tool overview
http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/5617
This tool is for
Elementary students (11-14 years), high school adolescents (15-18 years), graduate students, and high-risk overweight/obese children and their families.
and addresses
Social Inclusion, Disability, Youth Initiatives, Personal Development, Peer education
It is recommended for use in:
Youth Exchanges
Capacity Building
Materials needed:
Standard school sport equipment (balls, cones, mats), printed worksheets/diaries, and the Vitalia App (optional) on smartphones or tablets.
Duration:
Standard physical education lessons last 45–60 minutes. Blended family interventions include 6 sessions over 3 months. A short online "train-the-trainer" module (6–8 hours) is available to prepare educators for independent implementation.
Behind the tool
The tool was created by
DUSE Consortium: University of Bologna (Italy), Democritus University of Thrace (Greece), League of Tolerance (Ukraine), Association Sport for All - Suceava (Romania), IRCSS S. Orsola - Malpighi Hospital (Italy)
in the context of
Created within the EU4H program-funded Project DUSE (Grant 101128641) to provide a low-cost, scalable model for schools and health services.
The tool has been experimented in
Elementary, middle, and high schools in Italy, Greece, Romania and Ukraine; University of Bologna facilities; and clinical hospital settings for high-risk interventions.
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Oleksandr Fomichov (on 11 May 2026)
and last modified
21 April 2026
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