2022 "World Obesity Day" China Summit Forum Held

News from this website (Reporter Wang Jingchen) On March 4, the 2022 "World Obesity Day" China Summit Forum was held online with the theme of "Obesity Prevention, You and We Act Together"

March 4 is World Obesity Day.

Representatives from the World Health Organization WHO in China, heads of the Chinese Nutrition Society and Chinese Preventive Medicine Association attended the meeting

According to reports, obesity has become a major public health problem endangering global health

The co-chairs of the conference, Wang Youfa, chairman of the Obesity Prevention and Control Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society, and Peng Wen, secretary-general, introduced the origin of "World Obesity Day" and some of the activities held in the world and in China this year

The forum released a short video of the 2022 "World Obesity Day" Chinese propaganda theme video jointly produced by the Obesity Prevention and Control Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society, the Health Education Special Fund of the China Health Promotion Foundation, and the Global Health Research Institute of Xi'an Jiaotong University

The forum also released the "15 Action Recommendations for Obesity Prevention and Control in China" (hereinafter referred to as "Action Recommendations"), which is part of the "Chinese Expert Consensus on Obesity Prevention and Control" that will be officially released soon

The Action Suggestions include five action suggestions: first, mobilize the whole society to participate and advocate healthy lifestyles; second, create a healthy and supportive environment to promote a reasonable diet for the whole people; third, create a national fitness atmosphere to strengthen physical activity; Carry out the whole life cycle obesity prevention and control; Fifth, optimize healthy weight management and improve the obesity prevention and control service system

14 experts and professors from various universities and research institutes made special reports

At the summit forum, 14 authoritative experts made reports.

During the expert roundtable discussion session, Zhang Zhiqiang, former deputy director of the Food Department of the National Health and Health Commission, Wang Youfa of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Mi Jie of the National Children's Medical Center (Beijing Children's Hospital), Zhang Yimin of Beijing Sports University, He Gengsheng of Fudan University, Zhu Shankuan of Zhejiang University, Beijing Senior experts such as Sun Mingxiao from Yide Hospital put forward suggestions on the strategies and measures of obesity prevention and control in China in the future

The leaders of the Obesity Prevention and Control Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society promoted and held other series of activities, including public education, academic exchanges and promotion, community services, etc.

It is reported that this forum video conference is guided by the Chinese Nutrition Society and the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, co-hosted by the Obesity Prevention and Control Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society and the Institute of Global Health of Xi'an Jiaotong University, and the Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association Co-organized by the Behavioral Health Chapter

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