16 Amendments of Christofer FJELLNER related to 2007/2285(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. considering that overweight and obesity should be tackled with a holistic approach acting across government policy areas and at different levels of government, especially at national and local level, bearing in mind the limitations of political solutions,
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Stresses that political measures can never replace the commitment of individuals to their own health;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers a multilevel and comprehensive approach to be the best way to fight obesity among the EU populationEuropean Union citizens to be sensible people capable of taking care of themselves and making their own decisions both about their life choices and their choice of diet;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on regions and local entities to develop ‘activity-friendly communities’, especially in the context of urban planning: this can be achieved by mixing commercial and residential development, by organising schools, public means of transport, and accessible sports facilities and by providing biking trails and crosswalks, while at the same time avoiding ‘environmental risk factors’ such as concentration of fast-food outlets, barriers to physical activity, and the absence of sidewalks, parks and recreational facilities; acknowledges the fact that crime reduction is also an important tool for promoting outdoor physical activity, especially among children and elderly people; invites municipalities to promote a network of ‘Towns for a healthy lifestyle’ providing common actions to fight obesity;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the fact that the European Union should take a leading role in formulating a common approach and promoting coordination between Member States; is convinced that an important European added value can be provided in fields such as consumer information, nutritional education, media advertising, agricultural production and food labellingoverweight and obesity are best combated at local level and that the EU’s responsibility should, therefore, remain extremely limited, it being for the Member States primarily to carry out the work;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers it essential that every kind of sponsorship and advertising for so- called HSSF products (high in sugar, salt, fat) should be banned in schools; asks for a voluntary commitment by all sports organisations and teams in order to promotAssumes that all sports organisations and teams promote balanced nutrition and physical activity; stresses, moreover, that the European sports movement should not be balancmed nutrition and physical activity and urges them to avoid sponsorship and promotion of food of poor nutritional valufor overweight and obesity in Europe; considers that the problem is not primarily the sponsorship and promotion of food of poor nutritional value but the fact that so few people take part in sport or exercise;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17.Welcomes EU initiatives such as Considers that the setting-up of the website ‘"EU Mmini- chefs’ and the ‘EU Day for Healthy Food and Cooking’ on 8 November 2007; suggests the organisation of information campaigns to improve awareness about the relationship between energy-dense "* is an example of an EU initiative whose usefulness, impact and functionality is highly questionable; believes that the effect of such Internet produjects and the equivalent in time of physical activity needed to burnon citizens’ health is extremely limited, whilst there is a risk that scepticism about the EU may increase because of what citizens perceive as squandering off their calories; Union’s resources; * (http://eu.mini-chefs.eu)
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Invites Member States to promote the distribution of coupons for fresh fruit and vegetables for low-income people, especially the elderly and women with childrPoints out that economic development over the last hundred years - in all Member States - means that the financial potential is now greater than ever for all citizen,s to be used only at approved local food markets to guarantee the nutritional quality of productable to give priority to healthy food in their everyday lives;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on all operators in the media sector to take voluntary steps toward avoiding any kind of marketing practice involving ‘unhealthy food’ targeted at children in the media; urges holders of intellectual property rights not to license cartoon characters for advertising this kind of food;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Is aware of the importance of the media in informing, educating and persuading in connection with a healthy and balanced diet; nevertheless considers the voluntary approach adopted in the proposal for a directive on ‘Audiovisual media services without frontiers’3 insufficpoints out that the media play a major trend-setting role in terms of both appearance and dient;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28