by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 4, 2023 | Healthy Environments
Obesity is a major public health challenge affecting 800 million people worldwide, with rates rapidly increasing (1). It is expected that one quarter of the global population will be living with obesity by 2035, and childhood obesity rates are set to double (1). In...
by Milka Sokolović | Oct 26, 2022 | Healthy Environments | Analysis & Opinion, The View from EPHA
When it comes to shaping food systems, people’s food choices can have a big impact. One of this year’s European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) sessions was dedicated to exactly that: exploring the role of citizens in multi-governance efforts to transition to safer,...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 12, 2022 | Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments | Publications
Following a policy paper on ‘Sustainable Public Procurement of Food: A Goal Within Reach’, which presented the ‘business case’ for sustainable healthy food procurement, and key policy recommendations for using procurement for a systemic food transformation, a Farm to...
by Nikolai Pushkarev | Sep 29, 2022 | CAP & Health, Healthy Environments | Analysis & Opinion
Enriched with a new objective to promote better health, how has the EU’s freshly reformed common agricultural policy (CAP) fared so far in translating this aim into action? Following a rapid assessment of five national CAP strategic plans, we found little indication...
by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 27, 2022 | Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments
In a joint open letter, civil society organisations ask for a clear, renewed commitment from the Commission to stand by the timeline for the FSFS referred to in the Farm to Fork Strategy, and to meet its stated level of ambition in its final proposal. DOWNLOAD THE...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 4, 2022 | Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments
EPHA calls on all health organisations, health professionals, and other concerned individuals to engage in shaping a new European law on sustainable food systems. This law provides an unprecedented opportunity to overcome the deficiencies of the current food...
