All of the campaigns and projects of the Platform Diet and Physical Activity serve the objective of contributing to a healthy lifestyle and a balanced ratio of diet and physical activity via preventive measures and hence to counteract the increase in overweight and obesity. The focus is on children and young people and their parents. (English summary p. 4) The Platform sees as its primary tasks: - to document and evaluate the national and international status of scientific findings on the causes of increasing overweight and obesity in particular among children and young people; - to scientifically evaluate prevention activities; and - to develop criteria and rules for “good practices” in prevention measures and projects. (English summary p. 5)
The Platform contributes to the prevention of overweight and obesity in four fields of action: Clarifying causes and developing “good practices”; Conveying knowledge and training players; Informing the public and disseminating the work of the Platform; Testing new approaches.(English summary p. 4)
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