EU: Fighting obesity:

Commissioner Kyprianou 'names and praises\' companies for concrete commitments

IP/06/1530
Brussels, 9th November 2006

Today in Brussels European Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou publicly “named and praised” several CEOs of major food, drink and retail industries for their commitments to tackling obesity made in the framework of the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. The Platform gathers stakeholders to agree voluntary measures to combat overweight and promote physical activity. They have so far presented 146 commitments overall. The companies “named and praised” are: 9 soft drinks companies in UNESDA, including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, who have committed not to advertise soft drinks to children under 12; McDonald’s for their commitment to provide nutritional information on packaging throughout Europe; Unilever for their commitment to reformulate products; and Kraft for their commitment not to market certain products directly to children unless they meet a certain nutritional profile. Today the Commission also released the latest Eurobarometer on Health, Food and Nutrition (see IP/06/1531)....

Source: Fighting obesity:
Author: EU:

Link: Commission presents Eurobarometer on Health, Food and Nutrition
Link: Council of Europe contributes to fight against obesity in Europe
Link: Industry urged to tackle obesity as Europeans get fatter - 10.11.2006
Link: Questions and Answers on the EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, and its commitments


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