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Tackling Childhood Obesity

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Tackling Childhood Obesity in Europe through Awareness and Prevention  Thursday 12th October 2017 at the Thon Hotel, Brussels Around one-third of 11-years-olds in Europe are overweight or obese according to the WHO. More than 60{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of overweight children will stay overweight into adulthood, imposing a major burden on public spending. Indeed, around 7{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of the […]

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Health at a Glance

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There are two new reports from the OECD in the ‘Health at a Glance’ series: Health at a Glance: Europe 2016 which is the fourth edition looking at health in the EU and presents key indicators of health and health systems in the 28 EU countries, 5 candidate countries to the EU and 3 EFTA

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Air pollution kills 467,000 Europeans a year

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Air pollution is causing around 467,000 premature deaths in Europe every year, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has warned. People in urban areas are especially at risk, with around 85{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} exposed to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) at levels deemed harmful by the World Health Organization (WHO). These particles are too small to see or smell,

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How active are our children?

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Report cards on the physical activity of children and youth across the world have been released revealing how countries compare in getting their youth active. The Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance was responsible for organising the cards which graded countries on nine common indicators, overall physical activity, organized sport participation, active play, active transportation, sedentary

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New psychoactive substances in Europe: challenges and solutions

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The new psychoactive substances (NPS) market has increased so fast that existing drug control laws have been left behind. European countries have responded in a variety of ways: some have introduced new legal responses to NPS, based on existing consumer or health protection laws,  or laws governing medicinal products, while others have developed innovative new

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Children’s medicines

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Do you have an interest in safe medicines for children – as a parent, researcher or prescriber? If so, you are invited to participate in a stakeholder consultation launched by the European Commission. The aim is to gather real-life experiences and opinions on the Paediatric Regulation which came into force a decade ago and has

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Communicating health: experiences from small countries

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Small countries with limited budgets have found new ways of engaging with the media to support the implementation of international agendas on health. Examples include: Welfare Watch – Iceland National experts from different sectors developed a set of social indicators on the country’s current and future health and social care needs and the Ministry of

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Obesity in the EU

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The latest European Health Interview Survey shows that almost 1 adult in 6 in the EU is considered obese and the share of obesity increases with age and decreases with education level. While 46.1{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of those aged 18 or over living in the EU had a normal weight in 2014, slightly more than half of

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