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History of HEPA Europe conferences

The HEPA Europe network was launched at the 1st annual meeting in May 2005 in Gerlev, Denmark, based on policy statements such as the WHO Global Strategy for Diet, Physical Activity and Health and corresponding statements from the European Commission. Since 2008, the annual meeting of the network is combined with a conference. The previous conferences took place in September 2008 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in November 2009 in Bologna, Italy, in November 2010 in Olomouc, Czech Republic, in October 2011 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in October 2012 in Cardiff, United Kingdom, in October 2013 in Helsinki, Finland, in August 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland, in October 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey, in October 2016 in Belfast, United Kingdom, in November 2017 in Zagreb, Croatia and in August 2019 in Odense, Denmark.

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