by chris | 04 Mar 2021 | Latest developments
MEP Sara Cerdas, Chair of the MEP Interest Group on Health System Resilience and also Member of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer discusses the link between obesity and cancer during the European Obesity Policy Conference: ‘Implementing foresight...
by chris | 04 Nov 2020 | Latest developments
EASO, OPEN-EU and the EU Health Coalition along with 6 MEPs call for alignment of the Council with the European Parliament and European Commission in implementing obesity as a key non-communicable disease as part of the EU4Health Programme and beyond in an open...
by chris | 14 Oct 2020 | Latest developments
Compromise amendment (CA 10) listing obesity as a chronic disease within the EU4Health proposal, voted by the ENVI Committee (The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety) on 14 October, passed with an overwhelming majority.
by chris | 09 Sep 2020 | Latest developments
The European Commission Strategic Foresight Report “Charting the course towards a more resilient Europe” (and related roadmap to implementation) highlighted the need for resilience across EU policy portfolio. It specifically identifies and prioritises only two NCDs –...
by chris | 15 Jul 2020 | Latest developments
The European Commission and the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) launched a joint plan of action on Short-term EU health preparedness for COVID-19 outbreaks. Notably, for the first time, people with obesity were formally listed as part of the...
