Tiina Laatikainen, PromoKids Workshop 3 October 2018 in Reykjavik

1. PROMOTING
HEALTHY WEIGHT IN
CHILDREN
Ending Childhood Obesity in
the Nordic Countries
PromoKids-network
Tiina Laatikainen
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PromoKids is a discussion forum in
Nordic countries to create cooperation
and to share good practices and
policies between professionals

3. OBJECTIVES OF PROMOKIDS NETWORK
 To strengthen Nordic cooperation and networking for
promoting children's health and healthy growth.
 To disseminate and embed good practices and policies.
 To emphasize children’s health promotion and obesity
prevention in the Nordic countries taking into account early
prevention, role of different actors and the importance of living
environment and community.
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4. GOALS OF PROMOKIDS NETWORK
 To strengthen Nordic cooperation and networking
 To share good experiences and ideas on how to implement the recommendations of
the report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity report (WHO) in the
Nordic countries.
 To share good experiences and ideas on how to implement the Nordic Nutrition
Recommendations (NNR) in the Nordic countries
 To share good practices in monitoring of childhood obesity: How do we monitor today
and how should we monitor in the future (in order to ensure available and
comparable data).
 To share good experiences and ideas on how to collaborate in reformulation of foods
and beverages and in marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children
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5. FUNDING: THE NORDIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS’
SECRETARIAT (NKMT) 280 000 DKK/3 YEARS
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6. WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR?
 The PromoKids project started officially in January 2018. During the spring
2018 the network has been created.
 The project description has been updated and the Action plan for the
PromoKids prepared. Documents have been accepted by the Nordic
collaborators.
 The PromoKids website is opened: www.thl.fi/promokids
 The PromoKids network has had teleconferences in August 2017 and in April
2018 and a lunch meeting during the ECO conference in Vienna in May 2018.
 The first workshop in Iceland on 3rd of October 2018
 Next workshops 2019, 2020
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7. WWW.THL.FI/PROMOKIDS
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8. WHERE DO WE AIM AT?
 Increased collaboration and discussion
 Better understanding on structures, systems and approaches
affecting health and wellbeing of children in Nordic countries
 Increased opportunities for fund raising through collaborative
networks and projects (possibly also research projects)
 Improvement of comparable monitoring
 Better implementation of Nordic and national
recommendations
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9. BE ACTIVE AND JOIN THE NETWORK
PromoKids
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Contact: Päivi Mäki, National Institute for Health and Welfare, paivi.maki@thl.fi