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===Gasol Foundation=== In 2013, along with his brother [[Marc Gasol|Marc]], he established the {{ill|Gasol Foundation|ca}}, to help to promote community health and healthy living habits, especially by preventing and fighting childhood obesity. In November 2015, after having been named Global Impact Player<ref>{{Cite web |last=Basket4us.com |first=Redacción |date=November 17, 2015 |title=Pau Gasol, galardonado con el 'Global Impact Player' |url=https://www.basket4us.com/nba/pau-gasol-global-impact-player-177750 |access-date=October 21, 2019 |website=Basket4us |language=es |archive-date=October 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021202551/https://www.basket4us.com/nba/pau-gasol-global-impact-player-177750 |url-status=live }}</ref> by the [[National Basketball Players Association]] (NBPA), which represents the NBA players, he created a t-shirt to help the Foundation's work.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2015 |title=Pau Gasol celebra el premio Global Impact Player con la creación de una camiseta a favor de la Fundación Gasol |url=https://www.gasolfoundation.org/es/pau-gasol-celebra-el-premio-global-impact-player-con-la-creacion-de-una-camiseta-a-favor-de-la-fundacion-gasol/ |access-date=October 21, 2019 |website=Gasol Foundation |language=es-ES |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806053832/https://www.gasolfoundation.org/es/pau-gasol-celebra-el-premio-global-impact-player-con-la-creacion-de-una-camiseta-a-favor-de-la-fundacion-gasol/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2017 they decided to move the Foundation's headquarters from [[Barcelona]] to [[Sant Boi de Llobregat|Sant Boi]], where he was born.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2017 |title=La Gasol Foundation trasladará su sede de Barcelona a Sant Boi de Llobregat |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/baix-llobregat/20170314/42875530949/gasol-foundation-traslada-sede-sant-boi.html |access-date=October 21, 2019 |website=La Vanguardia |archive-date=October 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021202540/https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/baix-llobregat/20170314/42875530949/gasol-foundation-traslada-sede-sant-boi.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 20, 2017 |title=Sant Boi estrena la sede de la Gasol Foundation |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/baix-llobregat/20170920/431429588872/sant-boi-estrena-sede-gasol-foundation.html |access-date=October 21, 2019 |website=La Vanguardia |archive-date=October 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021202539/https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/baix-llobregat/20170920/431429588872/sant-boi-estrena-sede-gasol-foundation.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Along with his brother [[Marc Gasol]], he has received the Special Recognition Prize from Estrategia NAOS for the work of the Gasol Foundation for fighting childhood obesity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 29, 2019 |title=Entrega a Pau Gasol el Premio de Especial Reconocimiento de la Estrategia NAOS |url=http://www.injuve.es/prensa/agenda/entrega-a-pau-gasol-el-premio-de-especial-reconocimiento-de-la-estrategia-naos |access-date=October 21, 2019 |website=Injuve, Instituto de la Juventud. |language=es |archive-date=October 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014202818/http://www.injuve.es/prensa/agenda/entrega-a-pau-gasol-el-premio-de-especial-reconocimiento-de-la-estrategia-naos |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2019, the Gasol Foundation presented the Estudio Pasos, a pioneering work in studying obesity levels in kids between 8 and 18 years of age, and which also threw light on the levels of physical inactivity among children and adolescents. At the press conference to present the study, Pau Gasol called for concrete action from governments, families and the food industry to end this problem.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alfageme |first=Ana |date=September 4, 2019 |title=Solo cuatro de cada 10 niños hacen el ejercicio diario que aconseja la OMS |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/sociedad/2019/09/03/actualidad/1567503596_000293.html |access-date=October 21, 2019 |issn=1134-6582 |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111123150/https://elpais.com/sociedad/2019/09/03/actualidad/1567503596_000293.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=El estudio PASOS de la Gasol Foundation alerta sobre la obesidad infantil |url=https://www.efe.com/efe/espana/practicodeporte/el-estudio-pasos-de-la-gasol-foundation-alerta-sobre-obesidad-infantil/50000944-4055867 |access-date=October 21, 2019 |website=www.efe.com |language=es |archive-date=October 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014202805/https://www.efe.com/efe/espana/practicodeporte/el-estudio-pasos-de-la-gasol-foundation-alerta-sobre-obesidad-infantil/50000944-4055867 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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