The challenge of obesity in the WHO European Region and the strategies for response (2007)

In response to the obesity epidemic, the WHO Regional Office for Europe held a conference in November 2006, at which all Member States adopted the European Charter on Counteracting Obesity, which lists guiding principles and clear action areas at the local, regional, national and international levels for a wide range of stakeholders. This book comprises the first of two publications from the conference. It includes the Charter and summarizes the concepts and conclusions of the many technical papers written for the conference by a large group of experts in public health, nutrition and medicine. These papers comprise the second conference publication.