Wellness4Student - Health and Wellbeing Programme

The project that promotes the health and well-being of first-year students at the University of Turin.

Wellness4Student – W4S is an initiative aimed at exploring and promoting the psychophysical and social health and well-being of students enrolled in their first year of university. Through two distinct phases, the project assesses lifestyle habits, psychological health, physical abilities, clinical health status, and body composition.

Two phases are planned:

1. Phase one involves completing a questionnaire on lifestyle and psychophysical well-being. The questionnaire takes approximately 20 minutes to complete, and responses are collected anonymously.
2. Phase two consists of a clinical visit and a series of tests (lasting approximately 45 minutes) at the Center for Preventive and Sports Medicine of the University of Turin, located at Via Marenco 32, Turin. During this phase, you can receive personalized information on:

• health status
• physical fitness, summarized by an index that evaluates six parameters (hand and lower limb strength, musculo-tendinous flexibility, balance, cardiorespiratory fitness, and fine motor skills), providing a score that places each individual in relation to their reference population by gender and age
• adherence to the Mediterranean diet and body composition (lean mass, fat mass, and hydration)

First-year students at the University of Turin.

First of all, you will need to complete the questionnaire, the access link to which will be sent by email to your institutional email address (@edu.unito.it). At the end of the questionnaire, you may, if you wish, book your participation in the second phase. To make the booking, simply log in with your SCU credentials to the indicated Moodle page.

At the end of the visits at the Center for Preventive and Sports Medicine, you will also be issued a medical certificate for non-competitive sports activities, for the uses permitted by law.

Participation in the project is completely free of charge.

The main objective of Wellness4Student – W4S is to help every student feel better and healthier, initially contributing to our university community and, if possible, to the wider community, by spreading aware behaviors and healthy lifestyles through our example.