8 and 9 December 2010, Bloom Hotel, Brussels
Day 1: 9 am – 6 pm – Day 2: 9 am – 12.30 pm

Last December 8^th and 9^th, the High Level Conference on Monitoring and Evaluation of EU and Member States’ strategies on nutrition, physical activity, overweight and obesity related health issues took place and was jointly organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Consumers and the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Edenred, as Coordinator of the FOOD project, was invited to present the main findings of the recent surveys that have been done in the 6 countries during a session that was dealing with “ Challenges and opportunities for food offer” and that focused on sustainable public intervention especially to raise awareness and inform restaurants.

More than 300 people attended the conference, especially the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, Mr. John Dalli,  as well as Health Ministries Representatives from every European country, and members of the European Parliament. The Commissioner recalled that : « Our ambition is to tackle this crucial health issue with all the instruments at our disposal, by promoting healthier diets, more physical activity and better food information to consumers”. The strategy for Europe on nutrition, overweight and obesity related health issues was also presented during that conference. Edenred, through the FOOD programme and its participation to the Commission’s working groups is committed to work closely with all the stakeholders on such issues.