Articles in this set

• Staying healthy in Europe

  It has limited powers over health outside the workplace, but the European Commission is now seeking to persuade EU citizens to adjust their lifestyles.
  

• The search for the elusive ‘fat gene'

  Does what's in your genes affect what's in your jeans?
  

• Getting physical

  The EU is keen to do more to encourage people to take exercise.
  

• Helping people make a healthy choice?

  The use of nutrition labels on food packaging is a controversial and complex issue.
  

• Fizziness that won't go flat

  The soft-drinks industry has heeded calls to limit advertising targeted at children and intends to extend that voluntary ban online. But self-regulation is now coming under scrutiny.
  

Health: diet and lifestyle