5 Amendments of Dorette CORBEY related to 2007/2285(INI)
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that food quality and diet also possess a cultural dimension and that national information centres must therefore play an important part; advocates the establishment of dietary information centres to provide honest and accessible information about diet, health and weight in all Member States;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for information campaigns to raise awareness among pregnant women and their partners, and with a view to social acceptance, including on the part of their employers and colleagues, about the importance of a balanced diet and about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding for a minimum of six months; recalls that babies breastfed for nine months show an overall reduction of risk of 31%;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for regular monitoring of the quality of food using random sampling in all Member States; recommends that this information be used to improve the quality of diet;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Draws attention to the problem of malnutrition, a state in which a deficiency, excess or imbalance in the diet has a measurable adverse impact on tissue, body shape and body function; notes also that malnutrition is a heavy burden both for individual wellbeing and for society, particularly the health care system, and that it results in increased mortality, longer hospital stays, greater complications and reduced quality of life for patients; recalls that extra days in hospital and treatment of complications due to malnutrition cost billions of euros in public funding every year;