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This briefing paper addresses the opportunities to limit the number of fast food takeaways (especially near schools) and ways to make fast food offers healthier.
This document is a summary of local views on good practice.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Update of the trend data for the prevalence of excess weight (overweight including obesity) from 2010 to 2011 to 2015 to 2016 and obesity from 2008 to 2009 to 2015 to 2016, using three years of aggregated data. Data from...
A review of the evidence on the prevalence and impact of obesity in secure settings and an investigation of potential interventions.
This survey was a collaborative effort with the Association of Directors of Public Health with support from the Local Government Association.
An independent report by former Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Professor Dame Sally Davies.
Update of the trend data for the prevalence of child excess weight (overweight including obesity) from school year 2010 to 2011 up to school year 2017 to 2018, and also of child obesity from school year 2008 to 2009 up...
THis study draws on data from the Young Lives programme
Local authorities and businesses are working with families and schools to reduce childhood obesity.
Research by University College London (UCL) shares learning from local authorities that have a downward trend in childhood obesity, including practice examples.
Update of the trend data (using three years of aggregated NCMP data), for the prevalence of child excess weight (overweight including obesity) from school year 2010 to 2011, up to school year 2016 to 2017, and also of child obesity...
Current evidence about the relationship between dental caries and obesity in individuals and populations.
How part 2 of the government's childhood obesity plan affects people with protected characteristics.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The government’s response to the House of Commons Health Select Committee’s report on childhood obesity.
Report setting out the impact of the Foresight obesity report since its publication in 2007.
Ad-hoc analysis of morbid obesity in adults (age 16 years and over), calculated from the Health Survey for England.
The government’s response to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee report 'Childhood obesity: Time for action'.
A call for evidence to inform an independent review into the effects on employment outcomes of drug or alcohol addiction and obesity.
Dame Carol Black's independent review into the effects on employment outcomes of drug or alcohol addiction and obesity.
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