Two Swiss organisations won the ECPO Award for The Best Public Engagement Programme.
Eurobesitas and Perceptio Cibus pooled resources to produce and publicise a video to draw attention to the stigma often experienced by people living with obesity. It highlights a better approach that should be followed by medical professionals.
The seven-minute video called “Courage” was produced entirely by amateur actors from Eurobesitas and was written and directed by the eminent Swiss obesity specialist and physician, Dr Dominique Durrer. The film was made in French but with versions subtitled in English and German and dubbed in Portuguese.
The film was released to coincide with World Obesity Day Europe 2021 and received widespread media and social media attention.