Our ref.: A(2017)12079

Dear Ms Stroe,

Parliament's responsible committee for tackling public health matters, and
in particular juvenile diabetes, is the Committee for Environment, Public
Health and Food Safety (ENVI). You will find more information about the
committee, its secretariat's staff and contact details, as well as the
dossiers they are treating on their website:
[1]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees... .

The European Commission answered to  a written question of a Member of the
European Parliament presenting its activities in the field. You will find
the question and the answer on Parliament's website:
[2]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD...
. Parliament also adopted a resolution on "Addressing the EU diabetes
epidemic" after a debate. You will find the debate on Parliament's
website:
[3]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD...
as well as the resolution:
[4]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD...

In the European Commission it is the Directorate General for Health and
Food Safety that deals with the matter and provides some information on
their website:
[5]https://ec.europa.eu/health/major_chroni...
The Commission's Directorate General for Research is funding research

Into the subject. You may find more information on their website:
[6]http://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/15113... as well as here:
[7]http://cordis.europa.eu/news/rcn/24885_e... .

The European Statistical Office provides information and figures on child
obesity:
[8]http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-...
including diabetes type 2,  as well as disability statistics, including
diabetes:
[9]http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-...
and  death due to diabetes figures:
[10]http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product... .

Parliament considers your request as handled and the file as closed.
Please do not hesitate to come back to us, should you have any further
request for specific Parliament documents.

Sincere regards

TRANSPARENCY UNIT

European Parliament

Directorate-General for the Presidency

Public Register Webpage: [11]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb/

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