Publications
Key publications
Healthy and Sustainable Diets - Key workstreams in the WHO European Region - Factsheet (2021)
Changes in food systems will not only have to address the rise in diet-related NCDs but will also need to promote a shift towards environmentally sustainable diets. This will be no easy task, nor can we do it alone.
Safe and healthy food in traditional food markets in the WHO European Region (2021)
This technical report contains guidance on the promotion of safe and healthy food in traditional markets within the WHO European Region, targeting all stakeholders from policy-makers to market workers.
Improving dietary intake and achieving food product improvement: Policy opportunities and challenges for the WHO European Region in reducing salt and sugar in the diet (2020)
Featuring case studies from: United Kingdom, Israel, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands
Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Guide for Parents and Caregivers of Children Aged 6-10 (in Russian) (2020)
To help parents keep their children healthy and fit, WHO has developed the Child Nutrition and Physical Activity Guide. In addition to parents, the guide may prove to be a useful tool for other adults (such as grandparents or caregivers) working with primary school-aged children.
Time to Deliver in Europe. Meeting noncommunicable disease targets to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (2019)
This short report sets out some of the key messages and shared learning from the first European high-level conference on NCDs held in Ashgabat in December 2013.
Report of the 10th meeting of the European Union physical activity focal point network (Brussels, Belgium, 18-19 June 2019)
The tenth Focal Point meeting included discussion on physical activity recommendations, explored partnerships for physical activity promotion and focused on issues relating to cycling, physical activity in older people, physical literacy and the protection of children from unhealthy advertising.
Motion for your mind: physical activity for mental health promotion, protection and care (2019)
While the effectiveness of physical activity in the prevention and complementary treatment of NCDs is widely acknowledged, less is known about its potential effects on mental health.
9th meeting of the European Union Physical Activity Focal Points Network. Meeting report (2018)
As part of the collaboration to promote physical activity across Europe, the European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC), Sport Unit, and the WHO Regional Office for Europe, Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Promoting Health through the Life-course, held the ninth meeting of this Focal Points Network on 25-26 October 2018 in Luxembourg.
Planning healthy and sustainable meetings (2018)
Giving access to healthy foods and beverages, requiring a tobacco-free environment, encouraging physical activity, and focusing on sustainability at meetings provide opportunities to create a culture of health and well-being, and to protect and minimize the impact on the environment.
Towards more physical activity: Transforming public spaces to promote physical activity — a key contributor to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe (2017)
This publication focuses on physical activity and how it can be supported through urban planning.
Integrating diet, physical activity and weight management services into primary care (2016)
Drawing on the conceptual guidance of the European Framework for Action on Integrated Services Delivery, this document provides guidance on the transformations required in health services delivery to integrate diet, physical activity and weight management services into primary care.
Turkish Healthy Nutrition and Active Life Programme 2010–2014 and related initiatives (2016)
This report presents the findings of a qualitative evaluation by a team of international and national experts. It demonstrates notable achievements, opportunities for building on the achievements and suggestions for a programme and action plan for 2017–2021.
Physical activity strategy for the WHO European Region 2016–2025
The strategy focuses on physical activity as a leading factor in health and well-being in the European Region, with particular attention to the burden of noncommunicable diseases associated with insufficient activity levels and sedentary behaviour.
Health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) policy audit tool (PAT) - version 2 (2015)
This health-enhancing physical activity policy audit tool provides a protocol and method for the detailed compilation and communication of country-level policy responses on physical inactivity.
Health economic assessment tools (HEAT) for walking and for cycling. Methodology and user guide. Economic assessment of transport infrastructure and policies. 2014 Update
WHO/Europe launched the 2014 update of the Health economic assessment tools (HEAT) for walking and cycling and the methodology and user guide.
Country profiles on nutrition, physical activity and obesity in the 53 WHO European Region Member States. Methodology and summary (2013)
While the individual country profiles are issued separately, this short publication gives an overview of information on the monitoring and surveillance of overweight and obesity, exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life, the intake of saturated fatty acids and salt, the supply of fruit and vegetables, iodine status and physical inactivity.
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Guidance in the development and implementation of a national physical activity plan and on policy options for effective promotion of physical activity at the national and sub-national level. Developed to support the WHO Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health.
