6 Amendments of Renate SOMMER related to 2008/0000(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas increasing rates of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, mental illness, overweight and obesity problems , along with malnutrition and inadequate nutrition, and HIV/AIDS as well as new challenges are increasingly threatening health in the European Union and beyond,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. Whereas malnutrition, which affects a significant number of EU citizens, including an estimated 40% of patients in hospitals and between 40% and 80% of older people in care homes, costs European health care systems similar amounts to obesity and overweight;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the intention, in the spirit of ‘health for all’, to promote health and disease prevention among all age groups; stresses the need to highlight key health- related issues, such as nutrition, obesity, malnutrition, physical activity, consumption of alcohol, drugs and tobacco and environmental risks, while taking into account the role of gender, providing support for healthy ageing and reducing the burden of chronic illnesses;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges the Commission to take a more holistic approach to nutrition and make malnutrition, alongside obesity, a key priority in the field of health, incorporating it wherever possible into EU-funded research, education and health promotion initiatives and EU-level partnerships;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that action to promote healthy lifestyles in families, schools, hospitals, care homes, workplaces and places of leisure is essential to successful disease prevention;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on Member States, along with regional and local authorities, to use the cooperation mechanism to improve the exchange of best practice; calls on the Commission to be proactive in producing guidelines and recommendations based on such good practice;