Activities of Antonio DE BLASIO related to 2007/2285(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
White Paper on Nutrition, Overweight and Obesity-related health issues (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on regions and local entities to develop ‘activity-friendly communities’, especially in the context of urban planning: this can be achieved by mixing commercial and residential development, by organising schools, public means of transport, and accessible sports facilities and by providing biking trails and crosswalks, while at the same time avoiding ‘environmental risk factors’ such as concentration of fast-food outlets, barriers to physical activity, and the absence of sidewalks, parks and recreational facilities; acknowledges the fact that crime reduction is also an important tool for promoting outdoor physical activity, especially among children and elderly people; invites municipalities to promote all network of ‘Towns for a healthy lifestyle’s and initiatives providing common actions to fight obesity;
Amendment 171 #
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 machines; invites the Member States to ensure that more hours of school timetables are devoted to physical activities, to make daily exercise compulsory in educational establishments, in accordance with the objectives of the White Paper on sport, and to provide plans for the construction of new public sports facilities;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Warmly welcomes commitments undertaken on a voluntary basis by producers to implementing nutrition criteria for the formulation of foods; stresses, alongside such voluntary commitments, the importance of the role of the state and recommends that Member States use tax and other financial incentives to motivate producers to formulate healthy foods;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Also urges Member States to use direct or indirect financial aid to support educational establishments which offer food which is particularly healthy to pupils in the school canteen and/or snack bar;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Based on the model of coupons which are redeemable against fresh fruit and vegetables at local food markets, recommends that Member States arrange for the distribution of coupons for sports activities which would be allocated on the basis of an assessment of social situation and state of health;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Recommends also that, in addition to the above measures, opportunities provided by the media be used to make children accustomed to a healthy lifestyle through positive advertisements and materials presenting attractive examples of a healthy diet and regular exercise;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Is convinced of the need for full recognition of the qualification of medical professionals as ‘clinical dietitians’ as well as ‘nutritionists’; urges Member States to promote the presence at school and in all workplaces of these kinds of doctors or other medical and health care specialists;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Is convinced that a horizontal approach is needed, both at European and Member State level, to develop and popularise a healthy diet and a healthy lifestyle, in the broadest sense of the term, and to solve the current problems, bearing in mind their multisectoral nature;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Stresses the importance of a horizontal approach to the problems caused by diet, excess weight and obesity, particularly in view of the common agricultural policy of the European Union, within which in many cases, no attention is currently paid to the effects on health of subsidised programmes when Community grants are being considered;