Activities of Edite ESTRELA related to 2007/2285(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
White Paper on Nutrition, Overweight and Obesity-related health issues (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas abdominal obesity is scientifically recognised as one of the main predictors of several weight-related diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes,
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7-A. Calls on the Member States to promote access to regular physical activity using sports facilities, by introducing income tax rebates on expenses arising from physical activities;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need to provide special funding for SMEs in order to enable these actors to contribute to reaching the objective of reducing obesity by developing new products, information systems and labellingnutrition-rich food products and clear information systems and labelling enabling consumers to make an informed choice;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14-A. Considers that those responsible for educating children are, on a par with schools, an integral part of the front line in the battle to reverse the trend towards child obesity, and should therefore be the target of specific information campaigns to familiarise them with best practices which can easily be incorporated into children’s daily lives;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20-A. Calls on the Member States to promote improved accessibility for the entire population, especially less-favoured groups, to a healthy diet, by cutting VAT rates on nutritionally balanced food products;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26-A. Stresses the need to protect consumers, especially children, from misleading advertising concerning food products; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure effective monitoring and penalise commercial practices that are liable to mislead consumers;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Encourages health professionals, as well as the scientific community, to consider abdominal obesity as a major factor of cardiometabolic abnormalities, and to provide the measurement, assessment and management of this type of obesity;