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"Obesity has taken on epidemic proportions. The most obese people in Europe are to be found in Greece, where 3 in 4 are overweight and there has been a 956% increase in fast food.
At the beginning of 2009 the European Commission programme for free distribution of fruit and vegetables to schools comes into effect. This will be funded with European capital to a total of EUR 90 million annually and will be supplemented with national funding. The Greek Government must secure the capital to launch this programme immediately.
To combat obesity, drastic measures must be taken here and now:
VAT on fruit and vegetables must be reduced;
VAT on health-food products and protection of traditional products must be reduced;
Correct nutrition must be ensured from infancy;
In schools, food must be checked in canteens and there must be physical exercise;
Advertising and misleading information on products with a high fat, sugar or salt content should be banned;
Clear nutritional information on labels should be compulsory, so that consumers can make healthy diet choices;
Synthetic trans-fats and flavour enhancers in industrially produced convenience foods should be banned."@en1
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