Europe is committing itself to rolling back the flab. The world’s first international charter for tackling obesity, involving 53 nations, will be unveiled in Istanbul, Turkey, later this month.
“We think it’s a milestone in the fight against obesity,” said Francesco Branca, the World Health Organization’s European adviser on nutrition and a key architect of the charter, speaking at a press conference in London last week.
Although soaring rates of obesity in the US have attracted most attention, the situation in Europe is equally dire, according to the WHO. If current trends continue, a tenth of Europe’s children will be…
