EU GREEN PAPER HEALTH AND OBESITY
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU food industry representatives are being asked whether they think voluntary codes are adequate to limit marketing of energy-dense and micronutrient poor foods. A European Commission Green Paper on health and obesity asks whether legislation should be passed, if self-regulation fails. * http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_determinants/life_style/nutrition/documents/nutrition_gp_en.pdf
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EU food industry representatives are being asked whether they think voluntary codes are adequate to limit marketing of energy-dense and micronutrient poor foods. A European Commission Green Paper on health and obesity asks whether legislation should be passed, if self-regulation fails. * http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_determinants/life_style/nutrition/documents/nutrition_gp_en.pdf
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