2005-03-15
Agri-food companies, consumer bodies and nutrition experts from the EU's executive Commission will all contribute to a new think-tank set up to study obesity and recommend remedies.
'Obesity is rising rapidly, and Europe's expanding waistline brings with it devastating consequences for public health and huge economic costs,' EU Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said in a statement.
The number of overweight schoolchildren in the EU is rising by some 400,000 a year, the Commission says. The problem is worst in southern Europe as traditionally healthy Mediterranean diets give way to processed foods rich in fat, sugar and salt. "
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