Food environments shape what food we buy and eat. Food environments are the physical, economic, political and socio-cultural contexts in which people engage with the food system to make their ...

The use of gluten and other allergens in Food Contact Materials has been researched for decades. However, since the EU launched its ban to single-use plastic materials, such as plates, cutlery, straws ...

By Davit Kvrividze, International Youth Health Organization (YHO) As digital spaces increasingly shape how we connect, learn, and care for ourselves, their impact on mental health has never been more ...

Nursing, as a profession, is critical to the delivery of care – and with that central role comes a significant environmental footprint. Approximately 3.6 million nurses in Europe deliver care on a ...

With more than half of the global population using the internet and social media –almost 95% of them connecting through their smartphones–, we can state that digital devices providing us with access ...

Achieving deep reductions in farm antibiotics use will require widespread changes in animal husbandry practices towards higher animal welfare, argues a new paper written for EPHA. On 28 January 2022, ...

The report builds on the Lancet series on the Commercial Determinants of Health, and it explores how commercial interests exacerbate non-communicable diseases (NCDs), as well as key strategies used by ...

A new article published today by Transport & Environment (T&E) explains that claims that electric cars make air pollution worse are wrong. Toxic emissions from tailpipes of diesel and petrol cars have ...

Highlighted in bright orange are countries with a mandatory government developed, owned and/or endorsed simplified front-of-pack nutrition labelling scheme. Highlighted in light orange are countries ...

By Alessandro Gallina, Senior Policy Manager, EPHA; Jaisalmer De Frutos Lucas, Policy Manager, EPHA; and Sara Bertucci, Policy Manager, EPHA The European Commission’s new “Choose Europe for Life ...

EPHA has joined other Health groups representing millions of patients, doctors and nutritionists across the continent to write an open letter to EU leaders, including Commissioners Hansen, Hoekstra, ...

On May 22, the European Commission adopted a Communication on the European Health Union. This document, presented by the Commissioner for Health (DG SANTE), Stella Kyriakides, highlights the ...