29 April 2024
Queen Mathilde attended the award ceremony of the Baillet Latour Biomedical Award 2024, at the Palais des académies in Brussels.
Because it's also the 50th anniversary of the Foundation, the Queen gave a speech.
29 April 2024
Queen Mathilde attended the award ceremony of the Baillet Latour Biomedical Award 2024, at the Palais des académies in Brussels.
25 April 2024
Queen Mathilde attended the scientific symposium "Experiences and perspectives on front-of-pack nutrition labelling systems" in Brussels.
"A recent worldwide study published in The Lancet estimates that 879 million adults and 159 million children and teenagers are now obese. That comes to 12% of the world’s population. If current trends continue, by 2035 one in two people will be overweight or obese.
The situation of children and young people is particularly worrying. According to the WHO-Europe’s latest study, 29% of children aged seven to nine are overweight or obese, with a higher prevalence among boys than girls."
They discussed specific labelling strategies to get consumers to make balanced food choices.
24 April 2024
Queen Mathilde handed out the annual "Queen Mathilde Award" to De Trappen, KMSKA's youth work.
Previous to the award ceremony, the Queen had a meeting with members of the youth jury who selected the laureats, and with representatives of the 14 nominated projects.
For a couple of years now, the Queen Mathilde Foundation has been granting financial support to organizations who help young people to find their voice.