22/06/2018 (Agence Europe) – The Health Council, meeting in Luxembourg on Friday 22 June, adopted conclusions entitled “The healthy future of Europe”, recommending healthy nutrition for children. The 18 page document (including some ten on the increase in childhood obesity and chronic illnesses) contains nothing revolutionary. The concrete measures advocated by the member states includes a call to the European Commission and to the 28 states to work towards “making available affordable seasonal, fresh and healthy, locally grown products and foods”, through, for example, enhancing support for small farmers and shortening the food supply chain. The text of the conclusions can be found at: http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-9796-2018-INIT/en/pdf (SPj)