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1. Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives Tackling obesity in England
2. Obesity levels are too high, with significant impact on individuals, the health service and society as a whole By 2050, if trends continue, 60% of men and 50% of women could be clinically obese (UK Foresight report)
3. Obesity in adults and children is too high and forecast to rise, with huge costs to society..
4. Foresight developed a system map showing the multiple determinants of obesity
5. Foresight identified four factors driving this trend and creating an ‘obesogenic’ environment
6. The Government has set out an ambitious strategy In January 2008 the Government published Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: A Cross-Government Strategy for England
£372 million is being committed over 3 years to implement the strategy
In April 2009 Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: One Year On was published. It reviews progress on the strategy and sets out priorities for the future.
7. The strategy sets out action in 5 themes, based on the evidence provided by Foresight Children: healthy growth and healthy weight
early prevention of weight problems to avoid the ‘conveyor-belt’ effect into adulthood
Promoting healthier food choices
reducing the consumption of foods that are high in fat, sugar and salt and increasing the consumption of fruit and vegetables
Building physical activity into our lives
getting people moving as a normal part of their day
Creating incentives for better health
increasing the understanding and value people place on the long-term impact of decisions
Personalised advice and support
complementing preventative care with treatment for those who already have weight problems
8. Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives actions to date include… Launching Change4Life, a national movement to bring together community groups, health professionals, teachers, government departments, supermarkets, the media etc to help everyone to “eat well, move more and live longer”
£30m matched investment in 9 ‘Healthy Towns’
Sending NCMP results to parents and helping PCTs commission services for overweight and obese children
Healthy Food Code of Practice covering our policy on food and health
£65.9m in PCT allocations in 08/09 to support action on overweight and obesity
Rises in breastfeeding rates and 3,000 Sure Start Centres providing healthy living advice and support in pregnancy and early childhood
97% of all schools participating in Healthy School programme and 3m children eating school dinners
34% reduction in children’s exposure to TV ads for ‘unhealthy’ food & drink
£7m to encourage people to walk more and £42m for Cycling Towns
3,500 extra play areas across the country
80% of LAs signed up for Free Swimming for under 16s and over 60s
9. First signs that we are having an impact on child obesity? Latest figures from the Health Survey for England give an early indication that the trend in obesity prevalence in children ‘may have begun to flatten out’ (NHS Information Centre)
NCMP 2007/08 data supported this, showing no significant change in obesity rates between 06/07 and 07/08 at ages 4-5 or 10-11
However, it is still to early to tell if these results are part of a new trend
The scale and complexity of the challenge means we cannot assume that the action already taken will be enough and it’s important to maintain momentum.
10. Action over the coming year helping people to make healthier choices;
creating an environment that promotes healthy weight;
ensuring effective services are available for those at risk; and
strengthening the delivery system.
11. 1. Helping people make healthier choices
12. Engaging families with the National Child Measurement Programme With results letter parents receive Top Tips for Top Kids, a Change4Life resourceWith results letter parents receive Top Tips for Top Kids, a Change4Life resource
13. 2. Creating an environment that promotes healthy weight
15. 3. Effective services for those at risk Bullet 1 refers to Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: Child weight management programme and training providers framework (March 09)
Bullet 1 refers to Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: Child weight management programme and training providers framework (March 09)
16. 4. Strengthening delivery Obesity Improvement Programme - will include a one-stop-shop for sharing best practice, bespoke training to improve capability in the worst-affected areas, and benchmarking data on the extent and effectiveness of local weight management services;
Obesity Improvement Programme - will include a one-stop-shop for sharing best practice, bespoke training to improve capability in the worst-affected areas, and benchmarking data on the extent and effectiveness of local weight management services;
17. Helping local areas promote healthy weight Child Obesity National Support Teams who visit local areas and provide intensive support
a toolkit for developing local strategies
guidance on commissioning weight management services for children and young people
a directory of obesity training providers To accompany the Strategy, “Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: Guidance for Local Areas” was published on 19 March 2008. This document provides Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and Local Authorities (LAs), in conjunction with their third and private sector partners, with guidance on what they can do to promote healthy weight and tackle obesity. The guidance document sets out a framework, along with indicators of success that local areas might use to deliver their child obesity goals as part of the NHS Operating Framework and Local Area Agreements.
To accompany the Strategy, “Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: Guidance for Local Areas” was published on 19 March 2008. This document provides Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and Local Authorities (LAs), in conjunction with their third and private sector partners, with guidance on what they can do to promote healthy weight and tackle obesity. The guidance document sets out a framework, along with indicators of success that local areas might use to deliver their child obesity goals as part of the NHS Operating Framework and Local Area Agreements.
18. It reframes the issue of obesity, moving it away from being about appearance or size, to being about the serious health consequences of having a poor diet and being sedentary.
It reframes the issue of obesity, moving it away from being about appearance or size, to being about the serious health consequences of having a poor diet and being sedentary.
19. Change4Life activity phases 2009
20. We remain committed to building the evidence base on tackling obesity 2nd bullet more info: We will continue to work with research funders to prioritise areas for investigation and enhance use of cross-funder collaborations to boost research on obesity, diet, physical activity and environmental influences
2nd bullet more info: We will continue to work with research funders to prioritise areas for investigation and enhance use of cross-funder collaborations to boost research on obesity, diet, physical activity and environmental influences
21. Conclusion (to be amended audience depending) In Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: A cross-government strategy for England, we issued a call to action to tackle the most significant public and personal health challenge facing us today, and we will continue to take that forward through the commitments in the One Year On report.