MEPs for Obesity & Health System Resilience

SAVE THE DATE: Join us to learn about the cost of inaction on #obesity & what happens if policymakers continue not to act within the #NCD Framework. → Wednesday 12 April 2023 at 16:30 - 18:00 CET → Hosted by @WeissPernille. Register here: bit.ly/3L2pkDK

Thank you to all those who participated to our round table at the @ParliamentEU to discuss the costs of inaction of not implementing obesity under the #NCD Framework. Not only do we now have figures to bring to the @EU_Commission, but also concrete policy recommendations.

Ahead of #ObesityDayEurope, our chair @WeissPernille gives some advice on what the EU can do to meet the unmet medical needs of people living with #obesity. Listen here: youtube.com/watch?v=b5rk1Cms… @SKyriakidesEU @EP_Environment @EASOobesity @sara_saracerdas @susanasolisp

Mixed feelings: @SKyriakidesEU response to @WeissPernille #WrittenQ on plans 4 #HealthierTogether #ObesityNCDRoadmap B4 #UNGANCD2025 😒 No immediate plans for #ObesityNCDRoadmap 👏 #EUChildhoodObesityStrategy evaluation confirmed @EP_Environment bit.ly/3ldC2Vb

👏👏👏👏🎊🎊👇👇👇👇 Congratulations! A great result for #HealthSystemResilience . We'll be having one of the tough discussions on #HealthSystemFinancing on 28 February at @Europarl_EN MEP interest group event. @WeissPernille @sara_saracerdas @susanasolisp

As the year comes to an end, we reflect on the work we've achieved in 2022 to drive policies which ensure EU citizens can access the care they need and more generally that EU health systems are well equipped for the future. Learn more about our work here:mepobesityinterest.eu/

This week sees the long awaited @IDFEuropeBXL #DiabetesResolution Debate and Vote at @Europarl_EN #Plenary @WeissPernille will speak on behalf of the @EPP and make the link between #TreatingObesityNCD and #Preventing80%T2D bit.ly/3i1MNbw @EP_President @spietikainen

@giovanigorgoni makes the bridge from policy to action. #LivingLabs in #PugliaRegion focussing on different concepts through the lens of obesity. #VBHC #CommericalDeterminants #PoliticoHealthCare @POLITICOEurope @EUREGHA

#PoliticoHealthcare #ObesityNCD @WeissPernille saying that politicians and policymakers need to have courage to discuss the realities of obesity and to have open discussions around research, innovation, reimbursement within an NCD ecosystem @POLITICOEurope @EUREGHA @EASOobesity

We need to make the Member States acknowledge that obesity is an NCD and align on a common language and EVERY member state should have a National Action Plan on obesity (beyond prevention). #PoliticoHealthCare @POLITICOEurope @WeissPernille

#PoliticoHealthCare explains @EfcVan explains that "lifestyle" is not "The Treatment" for obesity - it depends on the root cause of the onset of obesity

And we're off #PoliticoHealthcare kicks off with @EfcVan who explains VERY clearly that obesity is not about weight. Its about an abnormal functioning of adipose tissue.

2.8% of EU health expenditure is spent on "health prevention" according to @FranzWeidinger, but how much is that cost when we take into account secondary prevention? @ESCAdvocacy #PoliticoEUSummit

ANNOUNCEMENT: MEP @WeissPernille will be speaking at the @POLITICO Healthcare Summit in Brussels on the rise of #obesity in Europe since COVID-19. → Thursday, October 27, 2022, at 4:30 CET, virtually and in person. Register here: bit.ly/3ehc8wT #POLITICOHealthCare