Activities of Philip BUSHILL-MATTHEWS related to 2007/2285(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
White Paper on Nutrition, Overweight and Obesity-related health issues (debate)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas obesity and overweight related diseases are thought to take up 6% of government health care expenditure throughout Europe; whereas the indirect costs of these conditions, through reduced productivity and sick leave for example, are considerably higher,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. considering the worsening situation in the marketing sector and the fact that food advertising accounts for around half of all advertising broadcast during children’s TV viewing times and that three quarters of it promotes high-calorie and low-nutrient foods; noting with concern the use of new forms of marketing using all technological means and in particular the so-called ‘advergames’ including cell phones, instant messaging, video games and interactive games on the Internet,
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas malnutrition, affecting particularly older people, costs European healthcare systems similar amounts as obesity and overweight,
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the substantial role and effectiveness of self-regulation; congratulates the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health on its wide-reaching commitments to product reformulation, reductions in advertising to children and the promotion of a balanced diet through the use of labelling as well as other tools; considers that membership of the platform should be extended to include the manufacturers of computer games and consoles as well as Internet providers;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the lack of stringent initiatives in the White Paper in order to significantly reduce obesity growth rates in the next four or five years as requested by the WHOPoints out that how much we eat and how active we are is derived from a complex interaction of physical, psychological and environmental drivers; highlights the need to urgently redesign the built environment to encourage physical activity in what is now recognised as an obesogenic society;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on Member States, regions and local entities to be more proactive in developing ‘activity-friendly communities’, especially in the context of urban planning: this can be achieved by mixing commercial and residential development, by organisingpromoting more local 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 a network of ‘Towns for a healthy lifestyle’ providing common actions to fight obesity;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Encourages Member States to adopt the notion of active commuting both by schoolchildren and employees; encourages local authorities to consider this notion as a priority when assessing urban transport and planning;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the fact that the European Union should take a leading role in formulating a common approach and promoting coordination betweenbest practice among Member States; is convinced that an important European added value can be provided in fields such as consumer information, nutritional education, media advertising, agricultural production and food labelling;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission and Member States to set guidelines drawn up by experts on how to improve physical activity as early as the pre-school period and to promote nutritional education already at this early stage;
Amendment 158 #
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 banrestrictions on the sale of foods and beverages high in fat, salt or sugar in schools; advocates instead making fresh fruit and vegetables more available in vending machines; 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 and the safeguarding of existing sports facilities in schools;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Member States’ local authorities to promote the availability and affordability of leisure facilities and to promote the creation of opportunities in the local environment that motivate people to engage in leisure time physical activity;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers it essential that every kind ofBelieves that Member States should consider banning sponsorship and advertising ofor 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 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the reform of the COM allowing the production of more fruit and vegetables to be served in schools, provided that the quality and chemical safety of these products is controlled; calls for more support for organic production;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a ban on non-natural 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 with regard to food labelling regulations should be provided for PDO (protected designation of origin) and PGI (protected geographical indication) and traditional productshigh quality, natural, traditional products by taking their total composition and nutritional value into consideration in order to preserve original recipes;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Invites Member States to consider promoteing the distribution of coupons for fresh fruit and vegetables for low-income people, especially the elderly and women with children, to be used only at approved local food markets to guarantee the nutritional quality of products;
Amendment 241 #
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 of organic products at a reasonable price;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Is aware ofRecalls the importance of the media in informing, educating and persuading in connection with a healthy and balanced diet; nevertheless considers the voluntary approach adopted in the proposal for a directive on ‘Audiovisual media, as well as their role in the creation of stervices without frontiers’1 1 insufficient;eotypes of body image; COM(2005)0646 and COM(2007)0170 – 2005/0260(COD).
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Welcomes the voluntary but firm commitments made by private companies representing more than 50% of the food and drink advertising in the EU to ban all advertising of products to children under 12 years, except for products which fulfil specific nutritional criteria based on accepted scientific evidence and/or applicable national and international dietary guidelines; considers that sufficient time should be allowed to monitor the impact of these commitments in practice;
Amendment 280 #
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; is convincedconsiders that the problem of hidden placement of products of poor nutritional value in films and cartoons should also be addressed at European level;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Acknowledges that general practithealth professionerals should be made aware of their essential role in the early identification of people at risk of overweight and the factconsiders that they should be the mainmajor actors in the fight against the obesity epidemic;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Highlights estimates that show that 40% of patients in hospitals and between 40 and 80% of people in elderly care homes are malnourished; calls on Member States to improve the quantity and quality of food in hospitals and elderly care homes which will lead to a reduction in the time spent in hospitals;