Activities of Linda McAVAN related to 2007/2285(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
White Paper on Nutrition, Overweight and Obesity-related health issues (debate)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas overweight and obesity and diet related diseases are becoming a growing epidemic and are a major contributor to the leading causes of morbidity in Europe,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas poor diet is a major risk factor for other diet-related diseases that are the major killers across the EU, including coronary heart-disease, cancers and stroke
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. considering physical activity and a healthier diet to be the primary prevention against overweight and noting with alarm that one in three Europeans do not exercise at all in their free time, while the average European spends over five hours a day sitting down,
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Supports the continuation of the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health; stresses the need to ensure that voluntary commitments made in the platform are effectively monitored and independently scrutinised; calls on the Commission to report annually to the Parliament on the work of the platform;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the substantial role and effectiveness of self- regulation in certain areas; however, believes that voluntary measures must be independently monitored, with assessment reports being presented regularly to Parliament;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for information campaigns to raise awareness among pregnant women about the importance of a balanced diet and about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding for a minimum of six months; recalls that babies breastfed for nine months show an overall reduction of risk of 31%that breastfeeding, delaying weaning until babies are six months old, introducing children to healthy foods and controlling portion sizes can all help to prevent children becoming overweight or obese;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that it is primarily at school level that steps have to be taken to ensure that physical activity and balanced eating become part of the behaviour of a child; calls on the CommissionHigh Level Group on Nutrition and Physical Activity to develop guidelines on nutrition policies at school and for the promotion of nutritional education;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Further, asks Member States, local entities and school authorities to monitor and to improve the quality and nutritional standards of school meals and to review portion sizes; asks for a total ban on the sale of foods and beverages high in fat, salt or sugar in schools; advocates instead making fresh fruit and vegetables available in vending machinencourages a move away from vending machines selling foods and beverages high in fat, salt or sugar and towards the sale and promotion of fresh fruit and vegetables; invites the Member States to ensure that more hours of school timetables are devoted to physical activities and to provide plans for the construction of new public sports facilities;.
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers it essential thatUrges Member States, local entities and school authorities to ban the use of every kind of sponsorship and advertising for so- called HSSF products (high in sugar, salt, fat) should be banned in schools; asks for a voluntary commitment by all sports organisations and teams in order to promote balanced nutrition and physical activity and urges them to avoid sponsorship and promotion of food of poor nutritional value;.
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. WBelieves that product reformulation is a powerful tool for reducing the intake of fat, sugar and salt in our diets and warmly welcomes commitments undertaken on a voluntary basis by producers to implementing nutrition criteria for the formulation of foods; calls on the Commission to establish a mechanism to exchange best practices on reformulation and to agree voluntary targets across Member States and stakeholders;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a ban on artificial trans-fatty acids and urges EU Member States to follow good practices in controlling the content of substances in food (e.g. salt content); nevertheless points out that special exemptions should be provided for PDO (pProtected dDesignation of oOrigin) and PGI (pProtected gGeographical iIndication) and traditional products in order to preserve original recipes;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on industry to review single- serving portion sizes, providing a broader range of smaller portion options; calls on supermarkets, restaurants and fast- food operators to promote the availability ofconsumer choice and the availability of a wide range of fresh food products, including organic products, at a reasonable price;.
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls for the review of the Directive to include, as a minimum, mandatory labelling of all 8 main nutrients (fat, saturates, salt, sugar, fibre, carbohydrates, energy and protein), and separate labelling of artificial trans fats.
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Supports simplified front-of-pack labelling systems for composite, processed food and drink products, which contain an interpretive element that would indicate the presence of relatively low, medium or high levels of particular food ingredients including fat, salt and sugar;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24.: Is aware of the importance of the media in informing, educating and persuading in 1 COM(2005)0646 and COM(2007)0170 – 2005/0260(COD). 2 Directive 2007/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007 amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (OJ L 332, 18.12.2007, p. 27). 3 COM(2005)0646 and COM(2007)0170 – 2005/0260(COD). connection with a healthy and balanced diet; nevertheless considers the voluntary approach adopted in the proposal for a directive on ‘Audiovisual media services without frontiers’1 insufficientconnection with a healthy and balanced diet; nevertheless considers the voluntary approach adopted in the Directive on "Audiovisual Media Services without frontiers"2 is insufficient; asks the Commission to establish a clear system for monitoring the voluntary approach, with a commitment to bring forward legislative proposals if the 2010 review of the Directive declares the voluntary approach to have failed;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Asks for protected times and for restrictions on commercials for unhealthy food specifically targeted at children, taking care to ensure that any such restrictions cover also new forms of media such as online games, pop-ups and text messaging; is convinced that the problem of hidden placement of products of poor nutritional value in films and cartoons should also be addressed at European level;.