Consumers International en The World Obesity forum publiceren vandaag, bij de 10e verjaardag van de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie 'strategie' hun Aanbevelingen voor een gezamenlijke, wereldwijde aanpak van obesitas - zoals die ook tegen roken bestaat.
Het persbericht zegt het zo:
• Global diet-related deaths continue to rise despite 10 years of WHO strategy
• Governments must take on corporate interests to have any hope of beating obesity crisis
• International alliance calls for globally binding treaty to reverse dangerous trends in eating habits
Consumers International and World Obesity Federation today call on the international community to develop a global convention to fight diet-related ill health, similar to the legal framework for tobacco control. Unhealthy diets now rank above tobacco as a global cause of preventable non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
The two international membership bodies will officially launch their Recommendations towards a Global Convention to protect and promote healthy diets at the World Health Assembly in Geneva this week.
The Recommendations call on governments to make a binding commitment to introduce a raft of policy measures designed to help consumers make healthier choices and improve nutrition security for everyone.
Measures include placing stricter controls on food marketing, improving the provision of nutrition information, requiring reformulation of unhealthy food products, raising standards for food provided in public institutions and using economic tools to influence consumption patterns.
Publication of the Recommendations comes on the 10th anniversary of the WHO Global Strategy on Diet and Physical Activity and Health, which recognised the impact of unhealthy diet and lifestyle.
Since then however, global deaths attributable to obesity and overweight have risen from 2.6 million in 2005 to 3.4 million in 2010, thus intensifying the pressure on governments to take stronger action to tackle the rising epidemic of obesity and consequent chronic disease.
Consumers International Director General, Amanda Long says: “The scale of the impact of unhealthy food on consumer health is comparable to the impact of cigarettes. The food and beverage industry has dragged its feet on meaningful change and governments have felt unable or unwilling to act.
“The only answer remaining for the global community is a framework convention and we urge governments to seriously consider our recommendations for achieving that. If they do not, we risk decades of obstruction from industry and a repeat of the catastrophic global health crisis caused by smoking.”
World Obesity Federation Director of Policy, Dr Tim Lobstein says: “The global prevalence of obesity - defined as a BMI ≥30 - doubled between 1980 and 2008, to 10% of all men worldwide, and 14% of all women. That’s 205 million men and 297 million women - more than half a billion obese people. In terms of numbers, the United States has led the way, but they are closely followed by China, Brazil, and Mexico.
“These figures show the scale of the problem to be addressed. If obesity was an infectious disease we would have seen billions of dollars being invested in bringing it under control. But because obesity is largely caused by the overconsumption of fatty and sugary foods, we have seen policy-makers unwilling to take on the corporate interests who promote these foods. Governments need to take collective action and a framework convention offers them the chance to do this.”
Obesity is a major risk factor for a wide range of non-communicable diseases. Figures show that in 2008, 36 million people died from non-communicable diseases, representing 63 per cent of the 57 million global deaths that year. In 2030, such diseases are projected to claim the lives of 52 million people.
De BBC vraagt zich naar aanleiding van commentaren op dit voorstel af of Brazilië wellicht reeds voorop loopt in de wereld. Het land lanceerde eetregels die er bij culischrijvers Janneke Vreugdenhil en Hiske Versprille ingingen als koek.
Culihistorica Lizet Kruyff had er vanmorgen op twitter heel andere fantasieën bij:
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Het persbericht zegt het zo:
• Global diet-related deaths continue to rise despite 10 years of WHO strategy
• Governments must take on corporate interests to have any hope of beating obesity crisis
• International alliance calls for globally binding treaty to reverse dangerous trends in eating habits
Consumers International and World Obesity Federation today call on the international community to develop a global convention to fight diet-related ill health, similar to the legal framework for tobacco control. Unhealthy diets now rank above tobacco as a global cause of preventable non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
The two international membership bodies will officially launch their Recommendations towards a Global Convention to protect and promote healthy diets at the World Health Assembly in Geneva this week.
The Recommendations call on governments to make a binding commitment to introduce a raft of policy measures designed to help consumers make healthier choices and improve nutrition security for everyone.
Measures include placing stricter controls on food marketing, improving the provision of nutrition information, requiring reformulation of unhealthy food products, raising standards for food provided in public institutions and using economic tools to influence consumption patterns.
Publication of the Recommendations comes on the 10th anniversary of the WHO Global Strategy on Diet and Physical Activity and Health, which recognised the impact of unhealthy diet and lifestyle.
Since then however, global deaths attributable to obesity and overweight have risen from 2.6 million in 2005 to 3.4 million in 2010, thus intensifying the pressure on governments to take stronger action to tackle the rising epidemic of obesity and consequent chronic disease.
Consumers International Director General, Amanda Long says: “The scale of the impact of unhealthy food on consumer health is comparable to the impact of cigarettes. The food and beverage industry has dragged its feet on meaningful change and governments have felt unable or unwilling to act.
“The only answer remaining for the global community is a framework convention and we urge governments to seriously consider our recommendations for achieving that. If they do not, we risk decades of obstruction from industry and a repeat of the catastrophic global health crisis caused by smoking.”
World Obesity Federation Director of Policy, Dr Tim Lobstein says: “The global prevalence of obesity - defined as a BMI ≥30 - doubled between 1980 and 2008, to 10% of all men worldwide, and 14% of all women. That’s 205 million men and 297 million women - more than half a billion obese people. In terms of numbers, the United States has led the way, but they are closely followed by China, Brazil, and Mexico.
“These figures show the scale of the problem to be addressed. If obesity was an infectious disease we would have seen billions of dollars being invested in bringing it under control. But because obesity is largely caused by the overconsumption of fatty and sugary foods, we have seen policy-makers unwilling to take on the corporate interests who promote these foods. Governments need to take collective action and a framework convention offers them the chance to do this.”
Obesity is a major risk factor for a wide range of non-communicable diseases. Figures show that in 2008, 36 million people died from non-communicable diseases, representing 63 per cent of the 57 million global deaths that year. In 2030, such diseases are projected to claim the lives of 52 million people.
De BBC vraagt zich naar aanleiding van commentaren op dit voorstel af of Brazilië wellicht reeds voorop loopt in de wereld. Het land lanceerde eetregels die er bij culischrijvers Janneke Vreugdenhil en Hiske Versprille ingingen als koek.
Culihistorica Lizet Kruyff had er vanmorgen op twitter heel andere fantasieën bij:
@Spinazieacademi dat op het etiket van chips staat dat je er dood van gaat, maar éérst wanstaltig dik wordt ;) @foodlog_nl
— Wild Vleesch (@WildVleesch) May 19, 2014
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