Confronting obesity in Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic is an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report, commissioned by Johnson & Johnson, which examines the policy responses to obesity in these three countries. The findings of this report are based on desk research and the insights from seven in-depth interviews with a range of senior obesity experts from the three countries. Our thanks are due to the following for their time and insight (listed alphabetically):
- Catalin Copaescu, associate professor of surgery and head, gastrointestinal and bariatric surgery department, Ponderas Academic Hospital, Romania
- Martin Haluzik, professor of medicine and deputy head, Centre for Experimental Medicine, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Paulina Karwowska, head, Polish office of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Poland
- Iva Malkova, founder, STOB (STop OBesity), Czech Republic
- Maciej Michalik, academic teacher, University of Warmia and Mazury, and president, metabolic and bariatric surgery section, Association of Polish Surgeons, Poland
- Gabriela Roman, associate professor, Clinical Centre of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj- Napoca, and president, Romanian Association for the Study of Obesity (RASO), Romania
- Ioan Veresiu, associate professor, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj- Napoca, Romania
- Mariusz Wylezol, head, metabolic and bariatric section, Polish Association for the Study of Obesity, Poland