This month:
Overweight and obesity: where are we now?
Childhood obesity: Q&A
An in-depth look at childhood obesity
10 ways to encourage healthy habits for kids
The latest obesity research
Are European countries active enough?
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Overweight and obesity: where are we now?
Obesity remains one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century. Recent data from the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative show that the levels of childhood obesity remain high, particularly in southern European countries, with rates of over 40% in Greece, Spain, Cyprus and Italy.
Although overweight and obesity can be largely preventable, we just need to understand how to do it. Everyone needs to be on board for long-term behaviour change, especially during childhood years - it is a window of opportunity to teach and
encourage healthy behaviours.
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Childhood obesity:
Q&A
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An in-depth look at childhood obesity
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10 ways to encourage healthy habits for kids
Children with overweight and obesity are likely to keep the weight on when moving into adulthood and have an increased risk to develop a variety of health problems. Having healthy habits is not only good for children’s general well-being, it also reduces life-time risks of chronic diseases like diabetes or cancer.
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The latest obesity research
"Take your children to buy veggies/fruits", "Avoid the quick fix" and "Health is much more than just being thinner" are some of the take-home messages from this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2018) in Vienna, Austria. Check out the short videos interviews with experts on obesity related topics like stigma, discrimination and childhood obesity!
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Are European countries active enough?
Physical inactivity remains a problem in most European countries. Across the 28 EU countries, 22 covered at least half of the EU policy recommendations on health-enhancing physical activity, but only 1 country implemented all of them, says a recent study led by the World Health Organisation .
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