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Obesity in Europe


The International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) has issued a position paper called "Obesity in Europe - 2: Waiting for a green light for health? Europe at the crossroads for diet and disease".

The position paper offers an updated perspective on the issues identified in the first report, Obesity in Europe, published at the European Union "Obesity Summit", convened by the Danish presidency and held in Copenhagen on 11-12 September 2002.

- IOTF website

- IOTF position paper on "Obesity in Europe - 2: Waiting for health? Europe at the crossroads for diet and disease"

RELATED LINKS

- The Health Status of the European Union (2003), European Commission.

- Italian Presidency’s health priorities.

- WHO-Europe Publications on Obesity.

- European Heart Network (EHN), an EPHA’s member that has worked on this issue.

Last modified on September 15 2004.

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23 September 2003 19:08, by Nicole Gushue

> Obesity in Europe

Is obesity in Europe higher than obesity in the United States? What is the percentage of European adults that are obese? How does Europe define obesity?

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25 September 2003 04:14, by Lara Garrido-Herrero, EPHA Staff (Admin)
> Obesity in Europe
I have updated this article including links to relevant sources of information on this issue. I hope this helps you finding the answers to your questions. Regards.

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28 November 2003 10:32, by Silvan Zammit

> Obesity in Europe

I would like to benchmark Maltese data for obesity with European countries. However what I require is adult (18+years) data. Can I find any recent data tables please? Thanks

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