Revue de presse - Club DEMETER

As France takes up the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, the debate over the Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy could soon grow heated. The issue the nutrition has become more central to European policymaking than ever, taking on new stakes. And while the planet might be obsessing over the new Omicron variant, we mustn’t forget other diseases, least of all the brewing crisis around the obesity epidemic (especially since, as a growing number of studies show, the two could well be linked).

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L’obésité cause l’équivalent de neuf décès par minute sur la planète. Une épidémie chronique silencieuse, remise sur le devant de la scène politique avec l’émergence actuelle du Covid-19

Global study predicts that more than half the global population will be living with overweight and obesity within 12 years if prevention, treatment and support do not improve.

Daniela was 11 years old when a doctor told her she would not live more than another six or seven years. Weighing 75 kilos (165 lb), about twice the recommended weight for her age, the Mexican girl had just suffered a minor heart attack.