Promoting Health and Preventing Disease: The EU Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Knowledge Gateway

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1 Prmting Health and Preventing Disease: The EU Health Prmtin and Disease Preventin Knwledge Gateway Stefan Strcksdieck genannt Bnsmann n behalf f Petrs A. Maragkudakis, Ianna Bakgianni, Susanne Safkan, Enric Ben, Jan Wllgast, Artur Furtad, Sandra Caldeira The Eurpean Cmmissin s science and knwledge service Jint Research Centre Directrate F - Health, Cnsumers & Reference Materials Unit F.1 Health Prmtin

2 Why? Unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, harmful use f alchl & use f tbacc are main risk factrs fr nn-cmmunicable diseases (NCD), all preventable t a significant extent Public health (nutritin) and NCD preventin can be a challenging field, fr citizens, healthcare prfessinals & plicy makers in EU Member States (MS): brad field, e.g. diverse main NCD risk factrs staying up-t-date making sense f cmplex science rapidly evlving evidence base myriad f surces/verflw f infrmatin quality f infrmatin scientific uncertainty, ften lack f cnsensus time/budget cnstraints cntrasting plitical pririties

3 Aim T help EU plicy makers, prfessinals and citizens mitigate NCD risk factrs and imprve health, the Eurpean Cmmissin has created the Launched 4 Dec 2017, with EU Health and Fd Safety Cmmissiner Vytenis Andriukaitis

4 Abut A tailr-made website hub f independent, up-t-date and reliable infrmatin well-structured, peer-reviewed reference Briefs intercnnected infrmatin in ne place Current tpics relate t pririty MS public health plicy needs in NCD risk factr preventin Unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, alchl-related harm, tbacc use Related scietal impacts Created in cllabratin with DG Health and Fd Safety (SANTE) and with decisin-makers in EU MS

5 The Briefs Knwledge Gateway cntent rganised in independent Briefs Each structured in similar manner with sectins n (if applicable): Definitins Current EU situatin Dietary r expsure surces Disease-related burden Labelling Plicy recmmendatins Health-related effects Implemented plicies Recmmendatins

6 The Briefs 14 Briefs published between Dec 2017 and Dec 2018 Fats Fibre Prtein Salt Sugars and sweeteners Fruit and vegetables Whle grain Water Alchlic beverages Fd and nn-alchlic beverage marketing t children and adlescents Physical (in)activity and sedentary behaviur Cst f NCDs EU burden frm NCDs and key risk factrs Health inequalities: diet- and physical activityrelated determinants

7 Editrial prcess Tpic selectin T better respnd t EU MS plicy needs, tpics are selected based n cnsultatins with DG SANTE EU Steering Grup n Health Prmtin, Disease Preventin and Management f NCDs EU MS plicy maker representatives frm: EU High Level Grup n Nutritin and Physical Activity (HLG) Cmmittee n Natinal Alchl Plicy and Actin (CNAPA)

8 Editrial prcess - Reviewing Rigrus internal and external reviewing Invlves recgnised scientific and plicy experts f the tpic at hand Frequently updated and expanded t new tpics

9 Methdlgy Surces Aim is t prvide shrt, impactful and cncise infrmatin Des nt aim fr a systematic and exhaustive review f all available literature; difficult t d with such a brad tpic area Adpts a tiered apprach n selectin f surces, preferring 'tp-level' publicatins frm authritative public institutins that are free f cnflicts f interest ther surces are cnsidered case-by-case when infrmatin is lacking n 'tp' tiers r when a niche issue is examined N strict time limit n publicatin date, hwever in general surces f infrmatin befre 2005 have nt been cnsidered

10 Methdlgy Tiered surce selectin

11 Methdlgy Examples f Tier 1&2 surces

12 Methdlgy Imprtant pints Infrmatin frm the riginal publicatins has been cmpiled and restructured in a meaningful way but there is n interpretatin r discussin by the JRC Briefs reflect the way evidence, statements, cnclusins, pinins r recmmendatins are prvided in surce dcuments Opinins r statements are quted directly frm the riginal text, wherever pssible Different surces may prvide diverging r cnflicting infrmatin, e.g. when reprting health-related effects r when issuing recmmendatins We reprt, t the best f ur knwledge, all relevant infrmatin frm the cnsidered surces, even - r especially - in the case f lack f cnsensus

13 Methdlgy Imprtant pints It is utside the scpe f the Knwledge Gateway t: evaluate strength f evidence f riginal surces it reprts hwever if such evaluatin is present in the surce systematically research knwledge r research gaps unless such a cnclusin is reprted as a recmmendatin t plicy makers frm a surce systematically research the evaluatin f existing natinal plicies prvide a cmplete directry f dietary recmmendatins and nutrient intakes frm all 28 EU MS althugh we try t be as inclusive as pssible and are happy t incrprate infrmatin sent t us

14 Methdlgy Style and QC Knwledge Gateway strives fr clear writing style Briefs avid use f technical terminlgy and details; where unavidable, terms are defined and explained in cmprehensive glssary Mst infrmatin rganised in expandable Tables t facilitate reading intra- and inter-webpage linkages facilitate navigatin and intercnnectin Tables and text supplemented by heat maps and graphs Adherence, where applicable, t website guidelines f EC Infrmatin Prviders Guide, and t specific quality criteria fr health websites frm EC, US Dept. f Health and Medline Plus

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