by EPHA | Oct 14, 2011 | News Release
Brussels, 14 October 2011 – The UK Government has released plans to work with the food industry to try to reduce the number of calories in the food people eat. In doing so, they have shown themselves to be out of touch with measures being taken elsewhere in Europe....
by EPHA | Jun 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
WHO/Europe has mapped policies on nutrition, physical activity and obesity throughout the European Region in a new database called NOPA. The purpose is to assist decision-makers and professionals who want to address the rising levels of non-communicable disease.The...
by EPHA | Feb 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
The High Level Conference on Monitoring and Evaluation of EU and Member States’ strategies on nutrition, overweight and obesity related health strategies took place in Brussels on 8 and 9 December 2010. EPHA’s report of this key event is available below....
by EPHA | Nov 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has recently published a new report on obesity. The document provides an overview of the current status of overweight and obesity in the OECD countries as well as an analysis of the effectiveness of the...
by EPHA | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Scientists in the US have begun exploring techniques that may help to deliver a new generation of healthier foods, with the potential to reduce levels of cancer and obesity with the use of nanotechnology. At the same time, a new study has found that European consumers...
