NEWSFLASH
OBESITY NEEDS URGENT ACTION WARNS RESEARCH
ORGANISATION The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO has warned that unless something is quickly done to tackle the rising obesity epidemic, it is going to have a devastating effect on healthcare costs and productivity.
The warning, from EASO, comes in the wake of several reports showing that obesity and being overweight continuing to increase at an alarming rate and will affect more than half of all European citizens by 2030. In some countries it may be as high as 90%.
EASO, and its member associations in 32 countries in Europe recently staged events on European Obesity Day to draw attention to the situation and create greater awareness and understanding of obesity.
According to World Health Organisation, obesity is one of the
IOSH TO FUND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INTO
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IOSH has become a member of a consortium promoting improved industrial safety across Europe.
The institution has joined other public agencies, ministries and research- funding organisations as part of SAF€RA, a network which funds or manages European-based safety research programmes.
Kate Field, IOSH’s Head of Information and Intelligence, said: “Being a part of the SAF€RA network will help us to identify future challenges, national strategies and research priorities related to industrial safety internationally.
“It also provides an opportunity to strengthen IOSH’s connections across industry and with different European funding bodies and research organisations. We hope to be able to
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greatest public health challenges of the 21st century. Its prevalence has tripled in many countries in Europe since the 1980s.
It is now costing European countries more than €70 billion in healthcare and lost productivity.
Two reports in the medical journal, the Lancet, have also highlighted the magnitude of the global obesity epidemic and have highlighted a huge rise in type 2 diabetes as a result.
Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and certain forms of cancer, are among a number of non- communicable diseases (NCDs) that are all a greater risk to people with excess weight.
European Obesity Day is organised annually by the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) to bring people together and to increase knowledge about obesity and the many other diseases on which it impacts.
Other major disease organisations, including those related to Cancer, Diabetes, cardiovascular,
build on our international reputation in research and encourage further collaboration around other important occupational safety and health issues.”
SAF€RA launched its third joint call for transnational, collaborative research projects earlier this year and gave applicants until the end of April to submit pre-proposals.
A decision on project funding is due in the autumn, with the research expected to start at the end of 2016 or early 2017 and run until 2019.
The call aims to foster collaboration between researchers across Europe to improve safety and the management of technological risks.
The call topics are ‘Big data and intelligent prognostics for life extension of aging facilities’ and ‘Developing professional competencies and learning from experience’.
IOSH’s funding would be for research projects based around the second topic.
The new link with SAF€RA is part of IOSH’s aims to increase the
hypertension, diet and liver disease are also taking part to highlight the dangers that overweight and obesity causes to those diseases too.
In line with the theme for European Obesity Day 2016, Action for a Healthier Future, people across all EU member states were encouraged to participate.
EASO President, Professor Hermann Toplak: “Obesity is a complex and chronic disease with numerous causes, many of which are beyond an individual’s control. The causes can range from genetic and endocrine conditions to environmental factors, such as stress, diet and increasingly sedentary working patterns.
“A healthier lifestyle, including a
healthy diet and regular physical activity can help maintain a normal weight. However, obesity is a chronic disease and should be recognised and treated as such. Accepting and supporting people with obesity will help them seek the help and treatment they need.”
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institution’s international impact, expand and develop its membership and strengthen its role as an influential leader in safety and health.
Eric Marsden, Programme Manager at the Foundation for an Industrial Safety Culture (FonCSI) in France, runs the SAF€RA call secretariat.
He said IOSH was one of 13 research-funding organisations from eight European countries to have participated in the call.
Eric added: “I am happy that SAF€RA partners have decided to continue their collaboration on joint programming and research funding in a new phase of the project, even without the financial support for coordination which was made available by the European Commission through its ERA-NET programme.
“We are glad to welcome two new SAF€RA members, EPSC and IOSH, who will participate in research funding and increase our collaboration with industry partners.”
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