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General objective: to halt the increase in the of prevalence of excess weight and obesity in secondary school children, who are monitored from 6th class (6e) to 3rd year (3e), in the Poitou-Charentes region - to assess physical and sports activities and the time 6th class (6e) and 3rd year (3e) students (n + 4) spend doing these activities; - to evaluate meal structure and food consumption over 24 hrs in accordance with the French National Nutrition and Health Program (PNNS).

The main goal of the project is to study the psychological consequences of violent trauma and the predictive value of biological and clinical stress markers in the development of PTSD
The specific objectives are :
1) To evaluate the allostatic load level and its development over time
2) To evaluate the prevalence of PTSD and other psychiatric co-morbidities (as depression) on subjects who did endure severe events
3) To determine if the allostatic load level is in link with a chronical development of a post traumatic stress disorder

General objective: The EDONIS projects (PHRC national 2005) piloted by the Clermont-Ferrand Clinical Investigation Centre is a national multicentric epidemiological study whose primary objective is to know the prevalence of persistent pain at 3 and 6 months after surgery. This is the first prospective study of this size on chronic post-surgical pain which is a public health problem accounting for almost 15% of new consultations in specialist pain management institutions. Secondary objective: EDONIS also aims to identify pre-and peri-operative pain risk factors and to characterise its mechanisms with a focus on neuropathic factors. Eight types of conventional surgery were selected because (a) they are already known to induce persistent pain (thoracotomy, mastectomy, inguinal hernia repair), (b) they are frequently practised in France and chronic pain is an attribute (sternotomy, caesarean section, cholecystectomy, saphenectomy) or (c) surgery has a suspected risk of nerve injury (knee arthroscopy). There is also an associated ancillary genetic study.

General objective: to evaluate the impact (efficacy) of five different inpatient treatment modalities for anorexia nervosa. Individual global health outcome (physical, psychiatric, nutritional and social) will be measured on a short-term basis (on discharge), as well as hospital treatment meeting or exceeding statutory charges on a medium term basis (12 months), taking into account confounding factors and recognised prognostic factors. Global health is evaluated using the Morgan and Russell scale as well as secondary criteria for deteriorating health (see evaluation criteria methodology). Secondary objectives: - to determine predictive factors for failures in inpatient treatment, duration of hospitalisation, and treatment costs using clinical epidemiology methodology. - to begin a long-term prospective study to evaluate the psychological, physical, nutritional and social outcome of a homogeneous cohort of subjects suffering from severe anorexia nervosa. - two "ancillary" biological sub-projects: - to evaluate the development of depressive and anxiety symptoms in relation to changes in clinical nutritional status and serotonin markers - to evaluate cellular immunity development in relation to changes in clinical nutrition.