On 28 March, the European Heart Network published a report on "Reducing children's exposure to marketing of foods and drinks that are high in fat, salt or sugar.

In November 2011 the European Heart Network published its new report on Diet, Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Europe. This new report reviews the latest evidence on the relationship between cardiovascular health and what we eat or how active we are.  It also takes a close look at current European eating and physical activity patterns and proposes a series of policy actions.

Please find here the individual scientific reviews from the report on Diet, Physical Activity and CVD Prevention.

• Fibre
• Fats
• Antioxidants
• Alcohol
• Fruit and Vegetables
• Physical Activity
• Folate
• Sugars
• Salt
• Obesity and overweight

Red Alert for Women's Hearts; Women and cardiovascular research in Europe.  Report prepared in the framework of Work Package 6 of the EuroHeart project. The report addresses the issue of women's representation in cardiovascular clinical research by collecting information on clinical trials and registries in Europe.

Awareness Raising on Women and CVD. Overview of events and activities organised by heart foundations and cardiac societies in the field of CVD prevention for women.  This report was prepared in the framework of Work Package 6 of the EuroHeart project.

Cardiovascular disease prevention in Europe: the unfinished agenda. Report prepared in the framework of Work Package 5 of the EuroHeart project.  It gives an overview of national plans, policies and measures impacting on cardiovascular health promotion and cardiovascular disease prevention in 16 countries in Europe.

Summary of original research from December 2006 - June 2008 on consumer preferences and use of Front of Pack nutrition schemes.

The purpose of this review was to gain insights into the extent to which ‘front of pack’ schemes are used, the way in which such schemes might operate; presentational issues (i.e. the format e.g. traffic lights, descriptive words, symbols); the nutritional criteria used; and whether there has been any developmental research or evaluation.

For several reasons, the concept of stress has played a much more important role in ideas about cardiovascular disease (CVD) among laymen than among experts. On a theoretical level, stress is more difficult for health care practitioners to define and assess than widely accepted coronary risk factors such as physical activity, tobacco smoking, serum cholesterol and blood pressure. It is also believed to be more difficult to deal with from a societal point of view.

Lifting the Smokescreen; 10 reasons for a smoke free Europe. This report was commissioned in October 2004. At the time, Ireland had gone smoke free in March of that year, followed by Norway in June. On the other side of the world, New Zealand was due to follow suit in December 2004 and there were rumours from Italy and Malta that comprehensive smoke free legislation was being enacted and would come into force early in 2005. It seemed to the commissioning organisations that times were changing. Smoke free workplaces were no longer confined to the more liberal US states. Could it be possible that comprehensive smoke free legislation could become a reality, not just in small European countries with a strong background in tobacco control, but across the European Union (EU) itself?

We decided to find out.  Please find here the full report.