Call for obesity to be categorised as an NCD by EU Council

We are delighted to partner with 38 stakeholder organisations and 6 MEPs in signing an open letter to health ministers and their permanent representatives to the EU, calling for obesity be included as a non-communicable disease in the EU4Health programme.

Our patient community were relieved to read that the European Commission correctly placed Obesity in the medically vunerable category in light of COVID-19, and further more the latest Foresight Report specifically prioritises obesity alongside Cancer as two NCSd that should take top priority.

However, it feels like a step back to read of late that the EU Council has positioned Obesity as a lifestyle risk factor, which the patient community in collaboration with the scientific have worked tirelessly to address. We know Obesity is a chronic relapsing, progresive and complex disease, let’s marry the science with the policy and categorise Obesity as an NCD.

MEP signatories:

MEP Pernille WEISS, Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)

MEP Biljana BORZAN, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats

MEP Sara CERDAS, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats

MEP Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Renew Europe Group

MEP Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Renew Europe Group

MEP Jutta PAULUS, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance

Check out our patient infographic –  Obesity is an NCD

You can read the letter HERE