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ArticleObesity facts2021

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 and 8 more

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Article in Obesity facts, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 14 institutions in 3 countries.

Michele O CarrubaCenter for Study and Research on Obesity, Department of Biomedical Technology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, michele.carruba@unimi.it.
Luca BusettoDepartment of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Sheree BryantThe European Coalition for People Living with Obesity, London, United Kingdom.
Antonio CarettoPerrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy.
Nathalie J Farpour-LambertDépartement de Médecine Communautaire, de Premier Recours et des Urgencies, Hôpital de Beau-Séjour, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneve, Switzerland.
Giuseppe FatatiUnit of Diabetology, Dietology and Clinical Nutrition, S. Maria Hospital, Terni, Italy.
Diego FoschiDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Francesco GiorginoDepartment of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Jason C G HalfordSchool of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Andrea LenziDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe MalfiDepartment of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Grace O'MalleyDivision of Population Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland.
David NapierDepartment of Anthropology, University College of London, London, United Kingdom.
Ferruccio SantiniDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Paolo SbracciaDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Chiara SpinatoHealth City Institute, Rome, Italy.
Euan WoodwardEuropean Association for the Study of Obesity, London, United Kingdom.
Enzo NisoliCenter for Study and Research on Obesity, Department of Biomedical Technology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
European Association for the Study of Obesity · GBUniversity of Milan · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana · ITAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria San Giovanni Battista · ITHealth City Institute · ITHôpital Beau-Séjour · CHOspedale A. Perrino · ITSanta Maria Nuova Hospital · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Leeds · GBUniversity of Padua · ITUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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.

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ObesityDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansItalyPublic HealthSocieties, MedicalUrban HealthNon-communicable diseasesNutritionObesityPreventionUrban health

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PMID33498054
PMCPMC7983680
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