A follow-up of the previously conducted 'Saħħtek - The University of Malta Health and Wellbeing Study', led by Dr Sarah Cuschieri from the Department of Anatomy was launched on Tuesday 17 October 2023 by Parliamentary Secretary Keith Azzopardi Tanti.
The new research is entitled 'Analysis of the Metabolic Status of the Maltese Population', and is a collaboration between the Ministry of Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation and the University of Malta.
"The importance of this research lies in giving us results that will improve people's quality of life, and the services we are currently providing to Maltese and Gozitan citizens", Keith Azzopardi Tanti said.
Researcher Dr Sarah Cuschieri who led the previous study between 2014 and 2016 was present, as was Dr Elizabeth Grech, who will be leading this new research.
They explained that whilst the primary study had the aim of seeing the current state of health of Maltese citizens, this research will lead to added knowledge of diseases and their consequences that could have arisen in the same patients that were diagnosed in the first study.
Keith Tanti Azzopardi augured the researchers for a fruitful study that will yield more insight into human health.
