GENUD

September 24, 2026

The IIS Aragón participates in the REGIC Managers' Mobility Program by hosting professionals from IBioVall and IIS Biobizkaia

Two research managers have spent three days at the Institute to learn about its working procedures and exchange experiences with the management team.
September 22, 2026

A study led from Aragon links different dietary profiles with weight and body fat from the age of 3

The study identifies four eating behavior profiles between the ages of 3 and 6 (greedy, avoidant, typical, and controlling) and the results show different associations with weight, body fat, and fat-free mass, with differences also between boys and girls.
11 June, 2026

Decades of research from Aragon to improve health: "Childhood obesity mortgages entire generations"

The multidisciplinary group GENUD (University of Zaragoza, IISAragón, IA2 and Ciberobn) specializes in nutrition, physical exercise, growth and development.
19 May 2026

Obesity rates are stabilizing in rich countries but increasing in developing countries.

Researchers from the GENUD group (Unizar, IISAragón, IA2 and CIBERobn) have participated in a macro international study, published by Nature, with data from 232 million people in 200 territories since 1980.
12 February, 2026

A study led from Aragon shows that enjoying food in childhood is associated with a healthier diet

The work, developed by the GENUD group of the University of Zaragoza and the IIS Aragón and the CIBER, has analyzed data from more than 1.400 minors from seven Spanish cities: Córdoba, Tarragona, Barcelona, ​​Pamplona, ​​Santiago de Compostela, Valencia and Zaragoza.
October 1, 2025

An exercise program for seniors saves the health service more than 1.000 euros per person.

The research was led by the GENUD group at the University of Zaragoza, which belongs to the CIBER and IIS Aragón, and published in the journal Experimental Gerontology.
11 June, 2025

The Mediterranean diet may act as a protective factor against the genetic risk of obesity in European preadolescents.

This is demonstrated by a study led by the GENUD group (IIS Aragón and the University of Zaragoza), which has just been published in the journal Pediatric Obesity with an analysis of 2000 participants, between 2 and 16 years old, over three different years.