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The general aims of the EPIPOI study are:
– To screen overweight children or children at the risk of being overweight at 3-4 years old and who are then followed up by their treating physicians with or without support from RéPOP (paediatric obesity prevention and management networks) in Midi-Pyrénées (RéPOP Toulouse);
– to carry out educational intervention programmes for children and to assess their effectiveness;
– to train private practitioners in screening and managing overweight and obese children;
– to determine the prevalence of excess weight and associated factors in children 3-4 years old.
– to characterize the life styles of children aged 3-4 years old.

The aim is to extensively map hypertensive patients monitored by general practitioners, focusing on level of pulse pressure.

To identify the environmental and genetic risk factors of prostate cancer and to assess the impact of chlordecone exposure in the onset of the disease.

To verify whether anxiety disorders are more common in women with eating disorders.