by EPHA | Feb 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
EPHA produced comments to the Draft Report of the EP on the Commission White Paper on nutrition, overweight and obesity related health issues. The ENVI Committee is currently considering the Draft Report by Adriana Poli Bortone on the Commission’s White Paper on...
by EPHA | Jul 31, 2007 | Uncategorized
The European Commission, DG Sport, published a new White Paper on Sport on 11 July 2007, with the objective of giving strategic orientation on the role of sport in Europe.The White Paper on Sport is focused on the societal role of sport which comprises the enhancement...
by EPHA | May 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
Tackling overweight and obesity requires actions at several levels, including at local level. The National Heart Forum (NHF), an EPHA member, and the Faculty of Public Health published a new toolkit with useful statistics, practical initiatives, evidence of...
by EPHA | Aug 31, 2006 | Uncategorized
The WHO European Ministerial Conference on Counteracting Obesity, organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe and hosted by the Government of Turkey, took place in Istanbul on 15-17 November 2006.The Conference aimed to place obesity...
by EPHA | Feb 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
The United States Institute of Medicine of the National Academies published a report on Food Marketing and Children, titled “Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity?”.Commissioned by the US Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the US...
