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Since the 1980s, there has been an alarming increase in theprevalence of obesity in virtually every country in the world. As obesityis known to lead to both chronic and severe medical problems, itimposes a cost not only on affected individuals and their families, butalso on society as a whole. In Europe, the Obesity Prevention WhitePaper of May 2007 - followed by the adoption of an EU School FruitScheme, the acknowledgement that food advertising to childrenshould be limited, and proposed legislation to make nutrition labellingcompulsory - has firmly placed obesity on the EU agenda by layingdown a multi-sectoral strategy and a basis for future action.
Sommario
Chapter 1 Obesity and Its Consequences in the European Union; Chapter 2 Towards a Comprehensive EU Obesity Prevention Strategy?; Chapter 3 The Tools of EU Action: To Which Extent Are EU Institutions Empowered to Tackle the Obesity Epidemic?; Chapter 4 The Provision of Food Information to Consumers; Chapter 5 The Regulation of Food Marketing to Children; Chapter 6 Food Composition; Chapter 7 Food Prices and the Role of Economic Instruments in the EU's Obesity Prevention Strategy; Chapter 8 Physical Activity and the EU's Obesity Prevention Strategy Concluding Remarks Annex: Obesity Prevention White Paper of 30 May 2007; Index.
