The panel met on 9 April 2014 at the Madrid headquarters of the Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN) to judge the 7th NAOS Strategy Awards, 2013 Edition.

In 2013, a total of 140 projects were put forward and pre-assessed by AECOSAN. Pre-assessment is based on the requirements of the call for applications and the general assessment criteria for the awards, established by the Resolution of 2 July 2013 of the Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition, opening the application period for the 2013 edition of the NAOS Strategy Awards. Following pre-assessment, 40 finalist projects were selected for presentation to the awarding panel.  

The Panel finally met on 9 April 2014, ruling to name the following projects as winners and runners up:

NAOS STRATEGY AWARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF HEALTHY DIET IN THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SETTING:

• AWARD:
  “Nutrition education for young adolescent sportspeople in training” project by the General Secretariat for Sport of the regional government of Catalonia.
• 1ST RUNNER UP:
  “NutrApp – Nutritional education via WhatsApp” project by the Department of Health Sciences. Open University of Catalonia (UOC).
• 2ND RUNNER UP:
  “Programme for community prevention and the promotion of healthy habits by Tineo Town Council: preventing obesity and promoting physical exercise” under the Municipal Plan on Drugs and the Tineo Town Council Municipal School of Health (Asturias).

NAOS STRATEGY AWARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE IN THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SETTING:

• AWARD:
  “Catalogue of sports spaces in Utebo” project by the Sports Department of the Utebo Town Council (Zaragoza).
• 1ST RUNNER UP:
  “Community programme for the prescription of therapeutic physical exercise: Activa Programme” by the Directorate-General for Planning, Health and Pharmaceutical Coordination and Research of the Regional Ministry of Health and Social Policy of the Region of Murcia.
• 2ND RUNNER UP:
  “Alternative nightlife programme: Abierto hasta el amanecer (From Dusk till Dawn)” by the Abierto Hasta el Amanecer Youth Association (Asturias).

NAOS STRATEGY AWARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF HEALTHY DIET IN THE SCHOOL SETTING:

• AWARD:
  “TAS Programme (Tú y Alicia por la Salud; You and Alicia for Health)” by the Alicia Foundation and the Mondelez Internacional Foundation.
• 1ST RUNNER UP :
  “Integrated programme to promote the consumption of fruit and vegetables among children in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Phase I)” by the Vitoria-Gasteiz Nutritional Observatory (University of the Basque Country [UPV/EHU] and Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council).
• 2ND RUNNER UP:
  “More sport, longer life” programme by the Municipal Sports Association of Palencia City Council.

NAOS STRATEGY AWARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE IN THE SCHOOL SETTING:

• AWARD:
  “SI! Programme (Integrated Health)” by the Science for Health and Education Foundation (SHE Foundation).
• 1ST RUNNER UP:
  “Programmes to promote physical activity in school-age children” of the Healthy Galicia Plan by the General Secretariat for Sport of the regional government of Galicia.
• 2ND RUNNER UP:
  “Eight years promoting physical/sports activities and health” by IESO Las Villuercas secondary school, Guadalupe (Cáceres).

NAOS STRATEGY AWARD FOR THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

• AWARD:
  “Programme for an integrated primary care approach to excess weight and sedentary lifestyles” by the Valdepasillas Health Centre (Badajoz). Extremadura Health Service.
• 1ST RUNNER UP:
  “Nereu Programme: physical exercise and healthy diet” by the NEREU Association.
• 2ND RUNNER UP:
  “Online training for healthcare professionals in tackling infant and juvenile obesity in the Canary Islands” by the Primary Care, Planning and Evaluation Service. Directorate-General for Healthcare Programmes of the Canary Islands Health Service. Regional Ministry of Health of the government of the Canary Islands.

NAOS STRATEGY AWARD FOR THE WORKPLACE:

• AWARD:
  “For a healthy meal, you decide” project by the University of Navarra.
• 1ST RUNNER UP:
  “Cultural health programme” by PPG Ibérica S.A.
• 2ND RUNNER UP:
  “Strategy for improving health in the workplace” by Ibermutuamur – Social Security Mutual Insurance Company No 274 for Work-Related Accidents and Occupational Diseases.

NAOS STRATEGY BUSINESS INITIATIVE AWARD:

• AWARD:
  “Reduced sodium, potassium-enriched bread” by Europastry S.A.
• 1ST RUNNER UP:
  “Gallina Blanca Star’s nutrition and health platform: helping look after you” by the Nutrition and Health Department, Gallina Blanca Star.
• 2ND RUNNER UP:
  “Nestlé’s 10 nutrition commitments” by Nestlé Spain.

NAOS STRATEGY SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD:
Dr Carles Vallbona i Calbó, for his long and distinguished professional career in the field of family and community medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, with extensive experience in the promotion of physical activity, another basic objective, together with healthy diet, as a NAOS Strategy combination to prevent obesity.

PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE 8TH NAOS STRATEGY AWARDS CEREMONY, 2014