Implemented policies to address sweeteners intake
Examples of implemented policies to address sweeteners intake (low/no calorie sweeteners) a Restrict or eliminate choice b School food policies EU ( JRC 2014...
- Council of the European Union (2018) Council conclusions on Healthy nutrition for children: The healthy future of Europe. (2018/C 232/01)
- Council of the European Union (2021) Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1004 of 14 June 2021 establishing a European Child Guarantee
- DGAC (2020), US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. 2020. Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Advisory Report to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services
- DGAC (2025), U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Advisory Report to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services
- DGE (2012), German Nutrition Society, Evidence-Based Guideline of the German Nutrition Society: Carbohydrate Intake and Prevention of Nutrition-Related Diseases, Ann Nutr Metab (2012) 60 (Suppl. 1): 1–58.
- EC (2014) European Commission. EU Action Plan on Childhood Obesity 2014-2020
- EC (2018) European Commission, Supporting the mid-term evaluation of the EU Action Plan on Childhood Obesity 2014-2020 The Childhood Obesity Study
- EEA (2022), European Environment Agency, Environmental health risks to children and adolescents: an umbrella review on indoor and outdoor air pollution
- EESC (2023) European Economic and Social Committee, Document EESC-2023-00880-AC, Measures to reduce child obesity
- EFSA (2022), European Food Safety Agency, EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA), Tolerable upper intake level for dietary sugars
- GBD (2015) Global Burden of Disease, Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years
- IHE (2022) Institutet för hälso- och sjukvårdsekonomi, Nilsson K., Fridhammar A., Wahlberg K., Steen Carlsson K The economic burden of overweight and obesity in Swedish children - a lifetime perspective
- IHME (2024), Institute of Health Metric and Evaluation, Global Burden of Disease 2021 results tool
- Ling C et al (2022) Economic burden of childhood overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews 24(2): e13535
- NNR (2023), Nordic Nutrition Recommendations, Integrating environmental aspects
- OECD (2019) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, The Heavy Burden of Obesity. The economics of prevention.
- U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (2018), Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd edition
- UNICEF (2019) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Prevention of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: UNICEF programming guidance
- UNICEF (2020), UNICEF advocacy strategy guidance for the prevention of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents
- UNICEF (2021) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF Advocacy Packages for Food Environment Policies 2021 (last accessed 22/11/2023)
- UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group (2023) Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates 2023 edition
- US NSF (2015), National Sleep Foundation's updated sleep duration recommendations: final report
- WHO (2006) World Health Organization, WHO Child growth standards (last accessed 26/01/2024)
- WHO (2007a) World Health Organization, WHO Growth reference data for 5-19 years (last accessed 26/01/2024)
- WHO (2007b) World Health Organization, The Challenge of obesity in the WHO European Region and the strategies for response
- WHO (2012),World Health Organization, State of the science of endocrine disrupting chemicals, An assessment of the state of the science of endocrine disruptors prepared by a group of experts for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and WHO
- WHO (2014), World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Noncommunicable Diseases
- WHO (2016) World Health Organization, Report of the commission on ending childhood obesity
- WHO (2017), World Health Organization, European Advisory Committee on Health Research
- WHO (2018), World Health Organization, Fact Sheet N.394, Healthy Diet
- WHO (2019a) World Health Organization, Health Topics: Obesity (last accessed 17/03/2025)
- WHO (2019b), World Health Organization, Guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age
- WHO (2021a) World Health Organization, Fact sheets: Obesity and overweight (last accessed 07/02/2025)
- WHO (2021b), World Health Organization, Tobacco control to improve child health and development: thematic brief
- WHO (2022) World Health Organization, European Regional Obesity Report 2022
- WHO (2023a) World Health Organization, International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11): 5 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases, 5B80.00 Overweight in infants, children or adolescents
- WHO (2023b) World Health Organization, International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11): 5 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases, 5B81.0 0 Obesity in children or adolescents
- WHO (2023c), World Health Organization, Fact sheets, Infant and young child feeding (20/12/2023)
- WHO (2023d) WHO acceleration plan to stop obesity
- WHO (2024), World Health Organization, Fact Sheets Physical Activity (26 June 2024)
- WHO Europe (2022) WHO Regional Office for Europe. How together we can make the world’s most healthy and sustainable public food procurement
- WHO Europe (2023) WHO Regional Office for Europe. WHO Regional Office for Europe nutrient profile model: second edition
- WHO Europe (2024), World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Brief review of results from round 6 of COSI (WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative) 2022–2024
- WHO Europe WHO Regional Office for Europe. Monitoring of Marketing of Unhealthy Products to Children and Adolescents – Protocols and Templates (Accessed 19/03/2025)
- WHO Global Health Observatory (a), NCD risk factors: Overweight / Obesity (last accessed 18/03/2025)
- WHO Global Health Observatory (b), Prevalence of overweight among children and adolescents, BMI > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) (%) (last accessed 07/02/2025)
- WHO Global Health Observatory (c), Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents, BMI > +2 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) (%) (last accessed 07/02/2025)
- World Health Assembly (2022) Acceleration plan to support Member States in implementing the recommendations for the prevention and management of obesity over the life course [A75/10 Add.6. Annex 12 – 27 April 2022]
- World Obesity (2019) World Obesity, Global Atlas on Childhood Obesity
- World Obesity (2023) World Obesity, Obesity Classification (last accessed 26/01/2024)
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