1. Danmark
Franziska Dittmann
www.merkur-online.de

2. Outline
 Introduction
 Kingdom of Denmark
 Background
 Main Part
 History
 Government
 Economics
 Famous Danes
 Food
 Public Health Nutrition
 Health Initiatives
 Summary

3. Kingdom of Denmark
 The Kingdom of Denmark consists of:
 Denmark
 Greenland
 Faroe Islands
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5. Greenland and the Faroe Islands
 Belong to the Kingdom of Denmark, but are
no members of the EU
 Official language: danish, faroese,
greenlandic
 Mainly live of fishing and tourism

6. Denmark
 Denmark itself consists of the peninsula
Jylland and about 400 islands
 82 of these islands are inhabited
 The 2 biggest of these islands are Fyn and
Sealand

8. Background
 Joines EU: 1973
 Land area: 42 434 sq km
 Population: 5 543 453 inhabitants
 Capital: Copenhagen
 Ethnic groups: Scandinavian, Inuit,
Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali
 Languages: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic,
German
 Religion: Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other
Christian 3%, Muslim 2%
 Currency: Danish Crowns

9. History
 Between the 8th and 11th Century the
Danes, the Swedes and the Norwegians
were known as the Vikings
 1864 Denmark lost 2/5 of their land in the
2nd war of Schleswig
 1949 Denmark joins the NATO
 1973 Denmark joins the European Union
 2000 Öresund bridge
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11. Government
 Constitutional Monarchy
 Chief of state: Queen Margrethe II
(since 1972)
 Head of government: Prime Minister
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
(since 2011)

12. Economics
The major manufacturing sectors are:
 Agriculture
 Fishing
 Tourism

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16. Food

17. Public Health Nutrition
 Interface between health- and food
sciences
 Central point: prevention
 Changing the living conditions
 Focuses on the society- not on individuals
 Focus on nutrition related diseases:
 Adiposity
 Osteoporosis
 Tumors
 Koronary heart diseases
 Diabetes

18. Problem overweight and obesity
 Worldwide obesity has more than doubled
since 1980
 Overweight and obesity are the fifth
leading risk for global deaths
 On average people with obesity die 8- 10
years earlier than people with normal
weight
 Overweight and obesity are preventable

19. What causes overweight?
 Energy imbalance:
 Increased intake of energy-dense foods-
high in fat, salt and sugars but low in
vitamins, minerals and other
micronutrients
 Decrease in physical activity

20. Causes of overweight
 Cardiovascular diseases (leading cause of
death 2008)
 Diabetes
 Musculoskeletal disorders
 Cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon)

22. How can overweight be prevented?
 Supportive environments are fundamental
in shaping people’s choices, making the
healthier choice of foods and regular
physical activity the easiest choice
 Access to a healthy lifestyle
 The food industry

23. Projects in DK to prevent obesity
 The National authority of Health came up
with several campaigns such as:
 "Move it 30 minutes a day"
 "Move it 60 minutes a day“
 “Moving on prescription"

24. Recently implemented campaigns
 Fat tax (October 2011)
 2,15 Euros/kg saturated fatty acids
 Better achievement of people with a low social
status
 Food labeling (keyhole symbol)
 Foods with higher proportion of fiber, less fat,
sugar and salt are labeled
 Voluntary
 Easier to identify the healthier foods

25. Summary
 Constitutional monarchy
 Denmark joins the EU since 1973
 They have major economics in tourism,
fishing, shipbuilding and agriculture
 Danes enjoy among the highest standards
of living in the world
 They suffer less from overweight than the
average in OECD
 The government does a lot for the health
of people (programs, health system, high
governmental support)

26. Questions???

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