by George Thurley | May 17, 2018 | Healthy Trade | Latest Developments
Brussels, 17 May 2018 The European Public Health Alliance, along with Latin American and global partners, has written today to the EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and First Vice-President Frans Timmermans to put health ahead of the interests of the tobacco...
by George Thurley | May 17, 2018 | Healthy Trade | Strategic Documents
Trade and public health policy are linked in many ways, ranging from impacts on healthcare and health services, to combatting disease to government procurement rules and food labelling. This report considers the potential health impacts of the European Union’s trade...
by George Thurley | Feb 8, 2018 | Food, Drink and Agriculture | Analysis & Opinion
By George Thurley, Policy Officer Healthy Trade & Food, Drink & Agriculture 2017 brought some significant developments in food, drink and agriculture policy at the European level, and 2018 promises to be just as eventful. Below EPHA identifies five policy...
by George Thurley | Aug 23, 2017 | EPHA2017, Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
Selling tobacco, alcohol, and foods high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) is big business. Demand is booming, and with it, so are chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Unhealthy diet is the biggest risk factor for disability adjusted life years lost (DALYs) in the...
by George Thurley | Jul 31, 2017 | Food, Drink and Agriculture | Analysis & Opinion, Healthy Trade | Analysis & Opinion, Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
Diet is the foremost risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs): the average European consumes too much sugar, too much saturated fat, and too much salt. The share of Europeans who are overweight or obese has steadily increased between 2010 and 2014 in all EU...
