Total Diet and Meal Replacements Europe

📄Publication alert! With the European Commission expected to be fully operational in the coming weeks, today, TDMR Europe has launched a Manifesto for the EU's term 2024 - 2029 (link in the comment)👇. 📢 The iniative calls for: - an EU #obesity strategy that includes recommendations to utilise all clinically proven options for #weightreduction and maintenance programmes including total diet and #mealreplacement products (TDRs and MRPs). - a regulatory environment for TDRs and MRPs that is aligned with the latest scientific evidence. - the revision the current prohibition on the use of #nutrition and #healthclaims for TDRs. 📩 Businesses and organisations in the slimming foods industry interested in helping shape the future of the sector can get in touch at secretariat@tdmr-europe.com

The #obesity epidemic in EU - the latest stats and the role of formula diet products in tackling the condition.⬇️ 📈According to an infographic published recently by the European Parliament's Think Tank, nearly 51% of the EU's population aged 16 and over have #overweight and 17% have obesity. 🌍Between 1975 and 2016, obesity in the World Health Organization European region, gathering 53 countries, rose by 138%, while no EU country is on track to reach the target of halting the rise in obesity this year. 😷What's more, obesity is among the leading causes of death and disability and is considered to be the cause of at least 13 different types of #cancer. 📝In our latest blog post, TDMR Europe calls on governments and public health systems across Europe to tackle obesity by considering all options available, including scientifically sound #weightloss programmes that use formula diet products, such as the United Kingdom’s ‘Pathway to #diabetes remission’ programmes that are delivered nation-wide in England and Scotland. 🔗 Click on the link in the comment to read more.

Did you know that 👇 1) #Obesity has almost tripled in many European countries in the last 40 years and World Health Organization’s European Regional Report 2022 found that #overweight and obesity affects almost 60% of adults in the region 2 ) the condition is associated with reduced life expectancy while also being a gateway for multiple diseases including #type2diabetes, coronary #heartdisease, asthma, high #bloodpressure and #stroke 3) while the total cost of adult obesity in the EU including healthcare costs and lost productivity was estimated to be €70 billion per year in 2016, this number is estimated to have grown as obesity rates have continued to soar. What is the role of #weightloss with formula diet foods in tackling obesity and improving comorbidities? And what needs to be done by EU policymakers to ensure products continue to help people already living with the condition? Check out our Manifesto (link in the comment)🔗.

Are you interested in the latest research on #weightloss with total diet replacement? Read our blog and check out this extensive list of studies that we have published on our website. Links in the comment⬇️

⁉️Why governments across Europe need to put forward public health initiatives like the #NHS low-calorie diet programme that uses total diet replacement to tackle #obesity. 📈Obesity’s economic impact is projected to surpass $4 trillion by 2035 as the condition hits record high - According to WHO Regional Office for Europe, the global economic costs associated with obesity are projected to reach an alarming $3 trillion per year by 2030, while data from the World Obesity Federation show that, in 2035, obesity’s economic impact will reach $4.32 trillion. In the EU, the total cost of adult obesity, including healthcare costs and lost productivity, has been estimated at €70 billion per year. - In 2022, in the WHO European Region, 22.6% of adults were living with obesity. This figure is well above the global average of 15.8% and the prevalence of the condition in the region has been increasing steadily over the past 50 years, with a marked increase of over 20% between the years 2006 and 2022. - The UK's NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended the use of low and very-low energy diets (LEDs and VLEDs) to tackle obesity and #overweight as well as to help people with these conditions and #type2diabetes (#T2DM) achieve remission. 🔗Click on the link in the comment to find out more.

📢TDMR Europe welcomes World Obesity Federation's #WorldObesityDay (WOD) 2025. Echoing WOD’s 2025 theme "Changing Systems, Healthier Lives", we call on governments and public health systems across Europe to tackle #obesity by considering all options available, including scientifically sound #weightloss programmes that use formula diet products, such as the UK's ‘Pathway to #diabetes remission’ programmes that are delivered nation-wide in England and Scotland. 🔗Click on the link in the comment to read our blog on WOD 2025.

📋New guideline from NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends low and very low energy diet to tackle #obesity and #type2diabetes (T2DM). 📈The publication was followed by the release of new stats on obesity and #T2DM prevalence in the UK showing the conditions hit record high. 💻Read our latest blog post to find out more. Link in the comment.🔗

The European Commission's work programme for 2025: what slimming food businesses need to know.👇 ➡️ The work programme signals a recognition of the need to tackle the persistent barriers within the EU Single Market such as through its upcoming Single Market Strategy. ➡️ The Commission is also prioritising measures to harmonise regulations and facilitate smoother trade in goods and services across Member States. 📢As the voice of the formula diet products sector in Europe, TDMR Europe closely monitors relevant political, policy and regulatory developments in the EU and the UK and engages with policy makers to ensure fit-for-purpose legislations for the industry. 📩Get in touch with the group at secretariat@tdmr-europe.com to find out more.

Type 2 #diabetes (#T2DM) remission: maintenance after #weightloss with total diet replacement (TDR); throwback on our webinar⬇️ 💻 In this online seminar we gathered health experts to show the role of TDR in tackling #obesity, discuss challenges and potential solutions regarding #weightmaintenance after rapid weight loss with TDR, and demonstrate its effectiveness in improving T2DM. 🔗Click on the link in the comment to watch the webinar and read our blog posts on the presentations.

📈In England, since 1993 the proportion of adults with #overweight or #obesity has risen from 52.9% to 64.3%, according to a brief published by the Government on 10/2. Stats from 2022 show that two thirds of those aged 35 and over had overweight or obesity (🔗link in the comment). In a recent blog post, TDMR Europe explains how total diet and #mealreplacement products can help tackle the UK #obesity crisis. Click on the link in the comment to read the piece.⬇️