Working Groups - EASO Public Health and Prevention Task Force
Members of the EASO Public Health and Prevention TaskForce
Senior Advisers:
- Peter Kopelman (UK) - Director
- Marie Kunesova (Czech Republic)
- Jean-Michel Oppert (France)
- Aila Rissanen (Finland)
- Jaap Seidell (The Netherlands)
- Tommy Visscher (The Netherlands) - Chair
- Maira Bes-Rastrollo (Spain)
- Margherita Caroli (Italy)
- Mariaana Lahti-Koski (Finland)
- Lauren Lissner (Sweden)
- Dana Mullerova (Czech Republic)
- Anita Rieder (Austria)
Mission
- To create a network of public health experts and epidemiologists
representing the national associations for the study of obesity
in Europe.
- To serve as a European expert group for the European Union,
the WHO regional office for Europe, the International Obesity
Task Force and other professional organizations.
- To improve the epidemiological perspective on obesity in Europe.
- To provide a reference for activities related to obesity prevention.
- To organize meetings and write reports/articles related to obesity
prevention and public health aspects (e.g. the Symposium "prevention
of Obesity - the global approach" May 26-28th 2003 in Stockholm,
as a satellite to the European Congress on Obesity in Helsinki)
- To stimulate European research into effective obesity prevention
strategies
Contact Dr Tommy Visscher for further information Tommy.Visscher@falw.vu.nl
EASO Response
Download the EASO / IOTF Response to the Commission of the European Communities Green Paper “Promoting healthy diets and physical activity: a European dimension for the prevention of overweight, obesity and chronic diseases” here.
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