On the World Obesity Day, WHO highlight the success of Portugal in tackling childhood obesity. The Portuguese Sugary Drinks Tax was an important step. euro.who.int/en/health-topi…

Join “Future steps to tackle #obesity – digital innovations into #policy and actions” 29 June 2021. The conference forms part of the Portugal’s Presidency of the Council of the EU in collaboration with WHO/Europe. Learn more and register here 👉 tackleobesity.pt

Conference on Future steps to tackle #obesity: Digital innovations into policy and actions. 29 June tackleobesity.pt You can still register for the event which is part of Portugal’s Presidency of the Council of the EU. Co-organized with WHO/Europe #NCDs

The rise of the "Celebrity Meal", promoted by popular social media influencers, is not good for children's diets. nytimes.com/2021/12/08/sty…

The report of the conference “Future steps to tackle obesity: digital innovations into policy and actions” was published by WHO/Europe. An importante contribution to the discussion about digital food environments. This Conference was organized by Saúde PT and WHO/Europe.

Launch of the WHO European Regional #obesity Report 2022 You can now register for the online event 03 May 11.00 – 12.30 CEST #ncds euro.who.int/en/media-centr…

New policy brief summarizes the WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022 bit.ly/3tj6Ntl launched at the #WHA75 side event: a different scale - global actions to address #obesity

Marketing of unhealthy food to children (including via digital tools) is a major driver of childhood obesity Creating healthy food environments should be a top priority and governments have a key role to play Dr Maria João Gregorio, DG of health, Ministry of health, PT

Portugal co-hosted the parallel session on “Tackling childhood overweight and obesity in the WHO European Region” of the #RC72TLV. It was a great pleasure co-chair this session and to present the Portuguese experience in tacking childhood obesity. Regions for Health

#ChildhoodObesity was among the topics discussed on #RC72TLV. “Countries need to adopt a comprehensive approach to obesity prevention and management,” says Kremlin Wickramasinghe Accepting that #obesity is a disease can help stop the #ObesityEpidemic 👇 who.int/europe/news/it…

Milestone agreements and record participation mark final day at #RC72 👏👏 “Tackling childhood overweight and obesity in the European Region” Kremlin Wickramasinghe NCD Alliance buff.ly/3Bg69j6

Thank you Pekka Puska for attending the meeting in Lisbon and for your guidance to tackle #obesity

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