Brussels to wage war on obesity in Europe

The European Commission adopted on 8 December 2005 a Green Paper on the promotion of healthy diets and physical activity to begin an extensive public consultation on how to reduce obesity levels and the prevalence of associated chronic diseases in the EU.

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/05/470, Questions and Answers on the EU approach to tackling obesity, 8.12.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/05/470&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Health and Consumer Protection: Nutrition: Nutrition and Physical Activity http://ec.europa.eu/comm/health/ph_determinants/life_style/nutrition/nutrition_en.htm

European Commission: Press Release: IP/05/1550 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/05/1550&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: COM (2005) 637 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2005/com2005_0637en01.pdf

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