• Shall have a consultative role towards the EU institutions and other stakeholders and give access to its science-based evidence; • Aims at raising awareness on the increasing obesity trend; • Aims at raising awareness on the particular form of obesity: abdominal obesity; • Promotes a healthy lifestyle by eating well, drinking well and moving towards all involved stakeholders (politicians, health professionals, etc.) and the lay public; • Promotes waist measurement as a way to diagnose abdominal obesity towards health professionals; • Wishes to be a platform gathering relevant stakeholders and organizations on healthy lifestyle; • Encourages a European debate on lifestyle modifications and actions to be established.