European health ministers from 53 countries approved the world’s first charter to fight obesity on Thursday November 16th, 2006, vowing greater action against the epidemic of expanding waistlines across the continent…

“Lots of governments have good recommendations and nice guidelines, but in terms of nutritional goals, most countries haven’t achieved them,” said Dr. Francesco Branca, WHO’s European adviser for nutrition and food security. The charter commits governments to things like improving the availability of healthy foods and adopting regulations for safer roads to promote cycling and walking.

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