Using price policies to promote healthier diets

Using price policies to promote healthier diets-1

World Health Organization 2015 Today in Europe policy-makers increasingly recognize the urgency of promoting healthy diets, with a view to lowering the alarming rates of overweight, obesity and other diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Analysis of the latest data shows that unhealthy diets are the leading risk factors undermining health and well-being in the WHO European Region.

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Tool for mapping governance for health and well-being: the organigraph method

Tool for mapping governance for health and well-being-1

Adam Tiliouine Monika Kosinska Peter Schröder-Bäck 2018 In 2015, at the 65th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, WHO European Member States adopted resolution EU/ RC65/16 “Promoting intersectoral action for health and well-being in the WHO European Region: health is a political choice”. This decision followed the adoption of the European policy framework Health 2020 […]

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Tobacco and inequities

Tobacco and inequities-1

Written by: Belinda Loring 2014 Overall population health indicators have improved across Europe over recent decades, yet that improvement has not been experienced equally everywhere, or by all. There are widespread inequities in health between and within societies, reflecting the different conditions in which people live. These health inequities offend against the human right to health and are unnecessary […]

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The Veneto model – a regional approach to tackling global and European health challenges

The Veneto model  a regional approach to tackling global and European health challenges-1

Edited by Anna Müller 2016 On 3–4 December 2015, the Veneto Region hosted the international conference on positioning the Veneto Region at the core of global and European health policies. It was a very important event with an outstandingly diverse and thought-provoking programme, thanks to the contributions of prestigious representatives of different national sectors and institutions and international agencies. I […]

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