With obesity not just being an American health issue, a recent charter signed by 53 European countries to fight the effects of obesity was recently signed into action. European health ministers approved the world's first charter to fight obesity on this morning.
The group vowed that greater action against the epidemic of obesity would be the primary focus of the new charter, which was signed in Istanbul, Turkey and which was drafted by the World Health Organization. This new European charter is the first real attempt to compel national authorities to take concrete action to combat obesity and I applaud it highly. Something needs to be done to curb obesity from the lifestyles of hundreds of millions of global citizens.
"Lots of governments have good recommendations and nice guidelines, but in terms of nutritional goals, most countries haven't achieved them," said Dr. Francesco Branca, WHO's European adviser for nutrition and food security. This is so true, so let's hope that this new WHO-drafted obesity-reduction charter compels European governments to promote things like improving the availability of healthy foods and ensuring the promotion of healthful activities like cycling and walking.
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