by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 20, 2022 | STOP Obesity
How can recommended policies be effectively implemented to improve the environments we live in? A question asked by many policymakers, and one that a new set of toolkits from WHO and STOP project hope to answer. On June 16, a new set of toolkits have been published by...
by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 28, 2022 | Children and Youth, STOP Obesity
Obesity in children has been a cause of concern for decades, but with the effects of the pandemic exacerbating the issue, it has now become a serious public health crisis. The STOP Project, 24 organisations and academic institutions in the health and food sectors,...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 8, 2021 | Children and Youth, STOP Obesity
The EU Action Plan on Childhood Obesity, the main European political tool to comprehensively address childhood obesity expired in 2020 and will soon be evaluated and renewed.In this light, a debate What next for European action on childhood obesity? Debating the...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 19, 2021 | Healthy Environments | Latest Developments, STOP Obesity
19 January 2021. Globally, 80m adolescents are living with obesity, and without substantial intervention, the figure is due to rise to 150m by 2030. But what interventions work? The STOP Project, funded in 2018 by the European Union to identify new...
by European Public Health Alliance | Nov 8, 2020 | Healthy Environments | Latest Developments, STOP Obesity
The global prevalence of obesity in adults and children has increased dramatically over the past decade, making obesity prevention policies into a priority for many governments and intergovernmental agencies. To determine the cost, equity and acceptability of three...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 5, 2018 | Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs), STOP Obesity
If the current wave of childhood obesity is not stopped, more than one in three adults will be obese in some European countries by 2025[1]. A collaboration of 31 research, advocacy and governmental organisations from 16 countries will today (5 June) launch Europe’s...
