Obesity related content 

Does what's in your genes affect what's in your jeans? Fast food and the family slumped in front of the television have become the symbols of the ‘obesogenic' society, a...

The Commission has brought together health groups andmajor food producers to tackle obesity, but are they doing enough? If EU regulators want cleaner cars or more...

A daunting range of public health challenges faces Europe – from obesity to alcohol abuse and smoking. They will not be solved overnight or without a great deal of work....

Obesity, it seems, is here to stay Rosie Winterton, the UK minister of state for transport, should be made to attend the informal meeting, if only to do the cycling stunt....

European Commission proposal particularly targets six- to ten-year-olds. The crunching of apples and carrot sticks will become a dominant soundtrack in school lunchrooms...

Obesity is recognised as one of the EU's biggest public health challenges. Armchair fans are being encouraged to swap the sofa for the soccer pitch. Ronaldo and Ronaldinho...

MEPs discuss agriculture and food policy.

Europe is getting fatter. Jennifer Rankin reports on industry efforts to curb growing levels of obesity. For the food industry, Europeans' expanding waistlines have been the...

The European Commission's directorate-general for health and consumer protection and the European Union of Football Associations (UEFA) have teamed up to produce a 30-second...

Efforts to tackle rising obesity levels are leaving Europeans unaware of the risks of under-eating, according to a new report from medical researchers. The report found that...

The EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health is perhaps the most high-profile health project managed by the European Commission, under Health Commissioner...

The European Commission's powers are limited when it comes to healthcare policies. Like every other Commission department, the directorate-general for health and consumer...

Teachers, parents and politicians try to influence the way we think about food, pushing us to choose some products over others. But to have a real effect on supermarket...

Presenting early results from a grouping of experts targeting diet, physical activity and health – commonly known as the obesity platform – last week, European health...

The European Commssioner for Health and Consumer Protection, Markos Kyprianou, will call for a new forum on ­alcohol and health as part of the forthcoming strategy to combat...

Two MEPs discuss EU health policies Weight is a health problem, not a cosmetic one. Obesity is fast becoming the world's biggest health problem. It is draining approximately...

Nobody doubts that Robert Madelin is a smart man. Ask anyone who has worked with, worked for, or even observed the director-general of the European Commission's health and...

The US Surgeon-General Richard Carmona recently said that obesity posed a greater threat to national security than terrorism. Where will the next generation of soldiers,...

Two MEPs discuss the EU's food policy Legislation on health claims is not a case of market meddling - it could help create a healthier Europe

EU shoppers today are spoilt for choice when it comes to healthy food. Practically every big food company and supermarket chain has a food range branded with reassuring names...