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Salagai, O.O. Healthy nutrition as a prophylactic measure against noninfectious disease in the European Union: the legal aspect

Abstract: The specific feature of the modern global order is the transfer or disease incidence from infectious to non-infectious pathology, which is much due to a number of risk factors, one of which is unhealthy diet. Since the changes in the diet are due to global cultural processes, attempts to solve this problem at a national level faces considerable difficulties. That is why, the European Union actively pays attention to healthy diet and nutrition. The goal of this article is analyze legal and organizational measures taken at the Community level in order to make the diet of the population healthier. The article includes detailed analysis of priority directions of the EU policy in the sphere of healthy nutrition, including consumer information, access to healthy choice, support of physical activities, and attention to priority groups. The author studies main legal and political documents, as well as legal and health cared doctrines, including opinions of legal scholars and health care officials on this issue.


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medicine, the European law, health cared, health, nutrition, the European Union, healthy diet, healthy nutrition, noninfectious diseases, prophylactics.


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