The Nutri-Score label is helping consumers make nutritious choices when filling their shopping baskets, and encouraging food producers to improve the nutritional value of their products. But what is Nutri-Score? …
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Nutri-Score: où en est-on?
Nutri-Score est système d’étiquetage qui aide les consommateurs à faire des choix nutritionnels lorsqu’ils font leurs courses alimentaires et qui encourage les producteurs à améliorer la valeur nutritionnelle de leurs …
Food aid and healthy nutrition programmes in schools: what works?
What is the best way to reduce food insecurity and obesity in schools? That’s one of the main questions studied by the DIATROFI programme. Since 2012 more than 110,000 students …
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Two approaches to promoting healthy diets amongst children in Austria
Overweight and obesity is increasingly a problem for children across Europe, and Austria is no exception. There, two initiatives have been put in place to try to curb the trend. …
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A system wide approach to improving outcomes in First 1000 Days
In a Welsh community formerly driven by heavy industry, the citizens of Cwm Taf continue to experience high levels of deprivation and poor health outcomes. This is a story repeated …
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The Positive Parenting Intervention in Spain
The Spanish Health Promotion and Prevention Strategy (HPPS) [1], launched in 2013, combines health promotion, ‘positive parenting’, and life-course approaches. Using elements from health, social, and education services, the strategy …
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The future starts early. It’s time to invest in children’s well-being
We know that early childhood interventions have a high return on investment and long-term societal advantages. Why then do we not prioritise early childhood interventions? Here we look at the …
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Good health now, but problems in store for the future? How the accumulation of health and social issues will affect the future health of vulnerable groups.
The general state of public health in the Netherlands appears to be good. The average lifespan is increasing steadily, and most people feel healthy and not restricted by activity limitations. …
100 Years of public health activities in Poland
Current and former directors of the Polish National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene talk about the past and future of the institute. Collaboration and standardisation emerge …
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Don’t DWELL on it…take action! An individual, holistic approach to supporting people with type 2 diabetes
More than 1,000 people with type 2 diabetes are set to benefit from an innovative new EU-funded project involving health organisations from across the INTERREG 2 SEAS AREA. Called DWELL (Diabetes …
Reducing the burden of chronic diseases: Can the Joint Action CHRODIS bring down barriers to health promotion and disease prevention?
Chronic diseases are the most prevalent illnesses in Europe to date and affect about 4 out of 5 European citizens above 65 years. They account for 86% of the annual …
Quality Action – ‘Doing the right things right!’
Will my HIV-prevention project succeed? Can I expect that my HIV-prevention activities will be effective? I am doing the right things right? If you find yourself asking these questions, you …
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Czech Republic – National Institute of Public Health (SZU) – Health promotion in the Czech Republic – From nationwide campaigns to individual consultancy
The National Institute of Public Health in Prague celebrated its 90th Anniversary this year. It is a health care organisation supervised by the Ministry of Health. It has more than …
The importance of the new EU Tobacco Products Directive
Ever since the European Commission dedicated a Directorate and Commissioner for Health & Consumer Protection (DG SANCO) at the start of this century, tackling tobacco use and smoking has been …
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