Addressing Childhood Obesity Conference (Addressing Childhood Obesity Conference)
Physical Exhibition
Wed, Mar 03 2021 - Wed, Mar 03 2021
Virtual Exhibition
Wed, Mar 03 2021 - Wed, Mar 03 2021
Organizer : Government Events
In 2018, the Government announced a new national ambition to halve childhood obesity rates by 2030. To achieve the government’s national ambition, national and local government, NHS trusts, and schools need to develop new cross-sector initiatives to address and reduce childhood obesity. This conference will address real concerns for local authorities, health services, schools, and voluntary organisations in addressing childhood obesity. The latest initiatives will be outlined from national and local perspectives to help meet targets for reducing childhood obesity rates and improving healthy eating habits in children and young people. She launched the ‘SUGAR SMART’ campaign for the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation and played a pivotal role in delivering the UK and global advocacy campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of Sugar to long-term public health and lobbying the Government to urgently introduce a Childhood Obesity Strategy and Sugar Tax. In 2015 she led the Food Revolution Day campaign calling for food education to be a compulsory part of the school curriculum. She is currently working on the Children’s Right 2 Food Campaign with Marcus Rashford and Emma Thompson and working on a Global Youth Food Systems Charter in the lead up to the UN Food summit and COP26.