Health

Confronting obesity in Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic

March 06, 2017

Europe

Confronting obesity in Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic

March 06, 2017

Europe
Martin Koehring

Senior Manager for Sustainability, Climate Change and Natural Resources & Head of the World Ocean Initiative

Martin Koehring is senior manager for sustainability, climate change and natural resources at (part of The Economist Group). He leads Economist Impact's sustainability-related policy and thought leadership projects in the EMEA region. He is also the head of the, inspiring bold thinking, new partnerships and the most effective action to build a sustainable ocean economy.

He is a member of the Advisory Committee for the UN Environment Programme’s Global Environment Outlook for Business and is a faculty member in the Food & Sustainability Certificate Program provided by the European Institute for Innovation and Sustainability.

His previous roles at The Economist Group, where he has been since 2011, include managing editor, global health lead and Europe editor at The Economist Intelligence Unit.

He earned a bachelor of economic and social studies in international relations from Aberystwyth University and a master’s degree in diplomacy and international relations from the College of Europe.

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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

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