Politico June 2020 ‘Europe’s obesity problem takes on new urgency’

by | Jun 19, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19 News, European News, News

Studies show a relationship between the risk of death from COVID-19 and being overweight.

The article states that as Europe emerges from its coronavirus lockdown, public health experts point to an uncomfortable truth: Many of its citizens will need to shed a few kilos as part of a long-term prevention strategy.

We would prefer to say ”Many of it’s citizens will need more prevention, treatment and management strategies for Obesity”.

The question for the EU is whether it’ll miss a key moment to intervene…

We at ECPO have taken some of the main and excellent points in the article which you can see below. You will find the Politico article HERE.

The question is, what can you do to help drive the change in Obesity across Europe?

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Ecpo infographic on europe's obesity epidemic.