BERNI CANANI Sibilla

Biologist – CREA-Alimenti e Nutrizione (Council for Agricultural Research and Economics- Research Center for Food and Nutrition)

Biologist. She joined CREA-Alimenti e Nutrizione (Council for Agricultural Research and Economics- Research Center for Food and Nutrition) in 2011. She worked on the European Eatwell project from 2011 to 2013 (Interventions to Promote Healthy Eating Habits: Evaluation and Recommendations) interviewing the Italian stakeholders in specific focus groups and supporting the definition of the Italian guidelines.

Since 2011 she has been working at nutrition education initiatives in order to give scientific and useful information to different kind of public: children during scientific events (Festival della Salute di Viareggio 2011; Roma Fiction Festival, 2012; Bergamo Scienza, 2013; Festival della Scienza, Genova 2014); teachers (teachers training in the frame of the Additional Measures to the School Fruit Scheme) and families (awareness meetings on the importance of consuming fruits and vegetables in the frame of the Additional Measures to the School Fruit Scheme).

She is also involved in the elaboration of educational activities in order to promote healthy eating habits in particular in primary school children.

Recent Publications

• Romana Roccaldo, Laura Censi, Laura D’Addezio, Sibilla Berni Canani & Laura Gennaro: “A teachers’ training program accompanying the “School Fruit Scheme” fruit distribution improves children’s adherence to the Mediterranean diet: an Italian trial”, International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/09637486.2017.1303826
• Gennaro, L.; Durazzo, A.; Berni Canani, S.; Maccati, F.; Lupotto, E. “Communication Strategies to Improve Healthy Food Consumption among Schoolchildren: Focus on Milk”. Beverages 2017, 3, 32
• Sibilla Berni Canani, Laura Gennaro: “Efficacia delle politiche d’intervento per la promozione di una sana alimentazione e raccomandazioni per azioni future: evidenze del Progetto EATWELL”. Decimo Rapporto Osservasalute, Stato di salute e qualità dell’assistenza nelle regioni italiane, 2013