The guidelines outline policy priority options and includes a section on plans agreed at European level, as well as detailing the plans of 14 European countries: Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, and United Kingdom.
At the European level five goals have been decided upon. Each goal has its own objectives and actions to be taken:
Controlling sales of foods in public institutions to ensure that only healthy foods are sold in schools, pre-schools etc.;
Controls on food and drinks advertising on TV, the Internet and in schools;
Mandatory nutritional information labelling that is clear and easy for the consumer to understand;
Common Agricultural Policy reform and subsidies on healthy foods, i.e. fruit and vegetables;
Improve training for health professionals so that they are able to recognise and diagnose obesity risks in infancy, childhood, and adolescence. It is also important that professionals are able to offer advise without appearing prejudiced or patronising.
Related EPHA articles:
EPHA section on food and nutrition
Obesity in children and young people: A crisis in public health
EHN project tackling children, obesity and avoidable chrronic diseases in Europe
Watching TV increases the risk of obesity
Protecting Children from Internet and TV marketing - Calls for Action
