Project overview
LifeLab BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 comprises a purpose-built laboratory in BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 General Hospital. Secondary school students visit LifeLab to learn how maternal and childhood nutrition influences health, understand the impact of their lifestyle on their future health, and experience modern science to inspire them with the excitement of research and future career possibilities. The LifeLab visit follows preparatory work in their school, which is then supplemented by later learning. BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 pilot work indicated that attitudes can be changed by such LifeLab sessions. This research project aimed to assess formally the change in attitudes to health behaviours, lifestyle and interest in health and science from before to after the LifeLab experience, by conducting a cluster randomised trial with approximately 4,000 students aged 12-13 years from 18 BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 and Hampshire schools.
