Students of Riga Stradins University defend their final theses - based on additional research of the GISTAR project

Ilze Indriksone-Gromova, a master's student of the Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare program "Nutrition Science", conducted a study "Influence of Mediterranean eating habits on risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Jēkabpils population", while Rehabilitation faculty study program "Nutrition" bachelor's thesis defended Lelde Cīrule with her work “Evaluation of the compliance of the eating habits of the participants of the GISTAR project Jēkabpils with the Nordic diet”.

The students' research was led by the leading researcher of the institute Dr.med Daiga Šantare.

Dr.sc.ing. Inese Poļaka, the leading researcher of the institute, advised on the analysis of the research data.