| Author (Corporate) | BBC |
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| Series Title | BBC News |
| Series Details | 30.5.07 |
| Publication Date | 30/05/2007 |
| Content Type | News |
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The European Commission adopted a White Paper, 30 May 2007, setting out a wide range of proposals on how the EU can tackle nutrition, overweight and obesity related health issues. The White Paper stresses the importance of enabling consumers to make informed choices, ensuring that healthy options are available, and calls upon the food industry to work on reformulating recipes, in particular to reduce levels of salt and fats. Stressing the benefit of physical activity and encouraging Europeans to exercise more is another area to develop. The need for EU action in the area of nutrition and physical activity stems from the fact that poor diets and low levels of physical activity in Europe account for six of the seven leading risk factors for ill health in Europe. The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased sharply during the last two decades. In the majority of Member States more than 50% of the adult population is overweight or obese. Furthermore, it is estimated that 21,748,312 million children are overweight in the EU with this figure growing by 400,000 each year. |
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| Source Link | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6704313.stm |
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| Subject Categories | Health |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
