‹ Call to action to prevent obesity •
Health ministers from 53 European countries have approved a charter pledging the nations’ commitment to fight obesity on the continent.
The charter is the first ever agreement among nations having to do with obesity, and it focuses on concrete goals like making healthy foods more available and improving roads so more people can bike and walk.
The charter also expects food companies to “self-regulate” in their marketing of fatty and sugar foods to children.
OK, I applaud the effort — but the goals are down right silly.
I’ve said this before but where is there any evidence that this charter’s recommendations are going to have any effect on the “obesity epidemic.”
Here we have 53 countries all agreeing to take action (and probably committing significant resources to the effort) with no data that anything they are doing will make any difference. In fact, if they were to dig into the research like I have, they’d discover their actions are likely to cause more harm than good.
Obesity isn’t caused by the lack of availability of healthy foods, poor roads, or food advertising — so why did they come up with the goals they did?
Pure craziness.
Allen Oelschlaeger
Author of Finally, the Straight Scoop About Weight, Nutrition, and Fitness
Tags: Obesity Solutions
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