Category: Childhood obesity

WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022: Obesogenic digital food environments

by Afton Halloran, posted in Childhood obesity, digital food environments, Food Environment, Health, Noncommunicable diseases, Nutrition, Obesity

This important report on obesity in the WHO European Region is published by the WHO European Office for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases. I am proud to have lead the development of the chapter on obesogenic digital food environments together with my fantastic co-authors. Obesity is one of the key risk factors for many … Continue reading WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022: Obesogenic digital food environments

Future steps to tackle obesity

by Afton Halloran, posted in Childhood obesity, Conferences, Digitalization, Health, innovation, Obesity, WHO

Join us on 29 June for the “Future steps to tackle obesity – digital innovations into policy and actions” conference. This conference is co-organized by WHO/Europe and the Portuguese Ministry of Health. A major part of preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is the capacity to develop a structural change in food environments. The widespread use of … Continue reading Future steps to tackle obesity