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. 2021 Aug 25;11(9):1863–1873. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.95

Table 2. WHO Policy Documents .

Title Publisher Year
All Health-Related Behaviours
European Charter on counteracting obesity40 WHO/Europe 2006
Action Plan for implementation of the European Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2012-201641 WHO/Europe 2012
Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013-202023 WHO 2013
Health 2020. A European policy framework and strategy for the 21st century22 WHO/Europe 2013
NCD Global Monitoring Framework42 WHO 2013
Vienna Declaration on Nutrition and Noncommunicable Diseases in the Context of Health 202043 WHO/Europe 2013
Investing in children: the European child and adolescent health strategy 2015-202044 WHO/Europe 2014
Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in the WHO European Region45 WHO/Europe 2016
Report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity46 WHO 2016
Strategy on women’s health and well-being in the WHO European Region47 WHO/Europe 2016
“Best buys” and other recommended interventions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases32 WHO 2017
The health and well-being of men in the WHO European Region: better health through a gender approach48 WHO/Europe 2018
Tobacco
A 5 Year Action Plan. Smoke free Europe49 WHO/Europe 1987
Third Action Plan for a Tobacco-free Europe 1997-200150 WHO/Europe 1997
European Strategy for Tobacco Control51 WHO/Europe 2002
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control52 WHO 2003
WHO European strategy for smoking cessation policy53 WHO/Europe 2004
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Guidelines for implementation54 WHO 2013
Protocol to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products55 WHO 2013
Roadmap of actions to strengthen implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the European Region 2015-2025: making tobacco a thing of the past56 WHO/Europe 2015
Alcohol
European Charter on Alcohol57 WHO/Europe 1995
European Alcohol Action Plan 2000-200558 WHO/Europe 2000
Framework for alcohol policy in the WHO European Region59 WHO/Europe 2006
Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol60 WHO 2010
European action plan to reduce the harmful use of alcohol 2012-202061 WHO/Europe 2012
Nutrition
International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes62 WHO 1981
World Declaration and Plan of Action for Nutrition63 WHO 1992
Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health64 WHO 2004
WHO European Action Plan for Food and Nutrition 2007-201265 WHO/Europe 2006
Interventions on Diet and Physical Activity: What works?66 WHO 2009
Set of recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children67 WHO 2010
European Food and Nutrition Action Plan 2015-202068 WHO/Europe 2014
Maternal, infant and young child nutrition69 WHO 2016
Ending inappropriate promotion of foods for infants and young children70 WHO 2016
Physical activity
Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health64 WHO 2004
WHO European Action Plan for Food and Nutrition 2007-201265 WHO/Europe 2006
Interventions on Diet and Physical Activity: What works?66 WHO 2009
Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health71 WHO 2010
European Food and Nutrition Action Plan 2015-202068 WHO/Europe 2014
Physical activity strategy for the WHO European Region 2016-202572 WHO/Europe 2016
Global Action Plan on Physical activity 2018-2030. More active people for a healthier world73 WHO 2018

Abbreviations: WHO, World Health Organization; NCD, non-communicable disease.