by EPHA | Feb 18, 2006 | Uncategorized
A report released by the US National Academy of Sciences has outlined recommendations for combating the rapid rise in childhood obesity. Tasked by the US Congress with drawing up a prevention-focused action plan to lower the numbers of obese children in the United...
by EPHA | Jan 22, 2006 | Uncategorized
The European Consumers’ Organisation (BEUC) and the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) organised a conference on “Generation Excess II: a review of transatlantic approach to tackling obesity and diet related disease” on 1-2 December 2005 in...
by EPHA | Sep 27, 2005 | Uncategorized
Time spent watching television is a significant predictor of obesity in childhood, suggests a recent study published in the International Journal of Obesity.Television viewing should be considered as an important factor leading to childhood obesity, since children are...
by EPHA | Aug 31, 2005 | Uncategorized
In a commentary entitled “Are soft drinks a scapegoat for childhood obesity?” by Robert Murray, MD, Barbara Frankowski, MD, PhD, and Hoard Taras, MD, AAP, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 146, Number 5 (May 2005), the link between soft drink...
by EPHA | Feb 23, 2005 | Uncategorized
On the 21 January 2005, DG SANCO’s Obesity Round Table met for the fourth time and confirmed the launch of a Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, foreseen in March 2005. The Obesity Round Table is chaired by DG SANCO Director General Robert Madelin,...
