MEP Interest Group for Obesity and Health System Resilience Launch Event

How can the European Parliament go beyond political goodwill in addressing obesity and resilient health systems in a post COVID-19 new reality?

The official launch event for the MEP Interest Group for Obesity and Health System Resilience with the Expert Secretariat provided by the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO).

Time codes:
00:00 Introduction - Euan Woodward

1:00 Agenda - Jacqueline Bowman Busato

6:20 Welcome - Pernille Weiss and Nathalie Farpour-Lambert

16:40 Presenting obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease - Liesbeth van Rossum

29:40 The importance of going beyond prevention in policies addressing obesity as a non- communicable disease - Pernille Weiss, Sara Cerdas, Vicki Mooney and Kremlin Wickramasinghe

49:42 The importance of going beyond prevention in policies addressing obesity as a non- communicable disease - Question and Answer

56:25 Foresight and resilience - Pernille Weiss, Susana Solís Pérez, Raluca Painter and Kirsi Pietiläinen

1:20:28 Foresight and resilience - Question and Answer

1:24:11 Summary and Close - Pernille Weiss, Susana Solís Pérez and Sara Cerdas