World Obesity Day published free resources for employers who wish to promote employee health. These guides can be used as part of the HR material to open up a discussion on how to create a healthy work environment.In particular, the documents help the employers to:Understand obesity as a disease and…
YOUNG50 #Stay Healthy - Cardiovascular Risk Prevention
Obesity prevention: a Brief from the European Commission Obesity prevention: a Brief from the European Commission on the occasion of the World Obesity Day
Obesity prevention: a Brief from the European Commission
Study of the European Society of Cardiology: leisure physical activity is linked with health benefits but work activity is not
Last April 9th was published in the European Heart Journal by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) a first study showing that leisure time physical activity and occupational physical activity have opposite, and independent, associations with cardiovascular disease risk and longevity[1]. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends physical activity during…
Organised for the next 20th April the Launch Event of the MEP Interest Group on Obesity Health System Resilience
Addressing obesity as a chronic relapsing disease in its own right has increasingly been prioritized both as a major challenge and opportunity since COVID-19. Most recently as part of the EU Strategic Foresight process, Beating Cancer Plan, EU4Health, Farm2Fork Strategy and the newly published Obesity Prevention Policy Brief by the…
This project was funded by the European Union’s Health Programme (2014-2020).