5 Amendments of Bernadette VERGNAUD related to 2007/2285(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas particular attention must be given to obesity among children and adolescents, with a view to providing early treatment, and to those belonging to the least favoured socioeconomic categories, who are in a more vulnerable situation because of healthcare and social inequalities which frequently undermine the quality and balance of their diets,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's approach followed in its White Paper on nutrition, overweight and obesity related health issues,1 offering industry the possibility, through self-regulatory initiatives, ofnevertheless calls on industry to contributinge to reducing ill health due to overweight and obesity, giving consumers the option of a healthy lifestyle and increasing their access to quality products at affordable prices; calls, however, on the Commission to closely monitor and encourage industry's initiatives aiming to advertise responsibly through the European Food Safety Authority and to reduce levels of salt, fat and sugar in foodstuffs, with a view to a revision of the current situation by 2010; 1 COM(2007)0279.09; calls on the Member States to undertake to protect their citizens from media advertising for foods with a high fat and sugar content, introduce ethical codes of conduct regarding programmes for children in particular and verify compliance by the media; Or. fr
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the recently adopted Commission proposal for a regulation on the provision of food information to consumers, since consumers needmust be given clear nutritional information in the form of simple and, understandable and legible on- pack labelling in order to make healthy and well-informed choices regarding nutrition;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges that consumers, in particular the most vulnerable categories, may be confused about what constitutes a healthy diet; calls, therefore, on the Member States, in cooperation with the industry and consumer associations, to use innovative information and government-led marketing campaigns in order to motivate consumers to make healthy food choices; in particular, encourages the Member States to draw up food education programmes for nursery and primary schools, taking account of the good practices developed within the ENHPS (European Network for Health Promoting Schools);
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that obesity is a cross-border phenomenon affecting all Member States, with obesity rates increasingly rapidly in the new Member States; calls, therefore, on the Commission to consider public health as a priority objective through its various policies, in particular education, youth, culture, sport and agriculture, giving particular attention to the social dimension of the problem; also calls on the Commission to define common projects to promote better nutrition and healthy living and to establish an EU health monitoring system; calls also on the Member States, in cooperation with the Commission, to promote the exchange of best practices and experiences, in particular, through the development of networks of reference centres and through cooperation between all stakeholders at local, regional and national level to encourage people to lead active social lives and engage in a physical activity;