The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) Endorses the Milan Charter on Urban Obesity.

Michele O Carruba, Luca Busetto, Sheree Bryant, Antonio Caretto, Nathalie J Farpour-Lambert, Giuseppe Fatati, Diego Foschi, Francesco Giorgino, Jason C G Halford, Andrea Lenzi, Giuseppe Malfi, Grace O'Malley, David Napier, Ferruccio Santini, Paolo Sbraccia, Chiara Spinato, Euan Woodward, Enzo Nisoli

Journal: Obesity facts 2021;14(1):163-168

PMID: 33498054

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Abstract

The Milan Charter on Urban Obesity highlights the challenges of urban environments as a battleground for human health, as cities are often organized to subvert public health goals, and promote rather than prevent the development of obesity and consequent non-communicable diseases. The Charter articulates ten principles which detail actions and strategies through which general practitioners, diverse medical specialists, related healthcare professionals, administrators and healthcare practice managers, policy actors - within health systems and at a national level - along with experts across disciplines, and citizens, can work in cooperation to meet this challenge and improve public health. The Charter urges the adoption of decisions that deliver the following: (i) policies which enable our cities to become healthier and less obesogenic, more supportive of well-being and less health-disruptive in general, and (ii) policies that fully support primary prevention strategies, that address social stigma, and that ensure fair access to treatment for people living with obesity. The Milan Charter on Urban Obesity aims to raise awareness of our shared responsibility for the health of all citizens, and focuses on addressing the health of people living with obesity - not only as a challenge in its own right, but a gateway to other major non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers.

Address: Center for Study and Research on Obesity, Department of Biomedical Technology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, [email protected].; Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.; Center for the Study and the Integrated Management of Obesity, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy.; The European Coalition for People Living with Obesity, London, United Kingdom.; Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy.; Département de Médecine Communautaire, de Premier Recours et des Urgencies, Hôpital de Beau-Séjour, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneve, Switzerland.; Unit of Diabetology, Dietology and Clinical Nutrition, S. Maria Hospital, Terni, Italy.; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.; Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.; School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.; Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.; Department of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy.; Division of Population Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland.; European Association for the Study of Obesity, London, United Kingdom.; Department of Anthropology, University College of London, London, United Kingdom.; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.; Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.; Health City Institute, Rome, Italy.; European Association for the Study of Obesity, London, United Kingdom.; Center for Study and Research on Obesity, Department of Biomedical Technology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

DOI: 10.1159/000514218

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MeSH Terms: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Humans, Italy, Obesity, Public Health, Societies, Medical, Urban Health