Obesity : Government Policy

This page shows the latest 15 resources to be added to the Obesity government policy section of the site. New resources are added as they are published.

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• National child measurement programme: operational guidance for the 2012 to 2013 school year
  This annual guidance advises local providers of the NCMP on how the programme should be implemented. While there are no fundamental changes to the operational delivery of the NCMP from the previous school year (2011/12), ...
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2013
  
  
• Let's Get Moving care pathway: feasibility study results
  This report presents the final results from a feasibility trial conducted as part of the Physical Activity Care Pathway initiative.
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2013
  
  
• Developing a specification for lifestyle weight management services: best practice guidance for Tier 2 services
  This document provides best practice guidance to help improve the commissioning of weight management services in local areas. It includes a best practice example service specification for children.
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2013
  
  
• Memorandum: An update on the government's approach to tackling obesity
  This update was prepared for the Public Accounts Committee. It outlines the Government's approach to tackling obesity in England.
  
  Publisher: National Audit Office (NAO)
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• National Diet and Nutrition Survey: headline results from years 1 and 2 (combined) of the rolling programme, 2008/09 - 2009/10; Supplementary report: Blood Analytes
  The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) is a continuous cross-sectional survey, designed to assess the diet, nutrient intake and nutritional status of the general population aged 18 months upwards living in private ...
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Healthy lives, healthy people: a call to action on obesity in England
  This document sets out how the new approach to public health will enable effective action on obesity and encourages a wide range of partners to play their part.
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• A rapid review of the National Child Measurement Programme
  In spring 2011, the Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) were commissioned by the Department of Health to undertake an independent review of the NCMP. TCRU were asked to take stock of the progress and challenges in the deli ...
  
  Publisher: Department of Health
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• National Diet and Nutrition Survey: Headline results from years one and two of the rolling programme - 2008-9 to 2009-10
  This report highlights the results of years one and two of the national diet and nutrition survey. The survey is designed to assess the diet, nutrient intake and nutritional status of the general population aged 18 month ...
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Analysis of controls on the marketing and promotion of food and drink to children
  This report contributes to the debate about marketing and promotion of food to children. It maps the national and international regulations and voluntary commitments from businesses in order to identify current gaps and ...
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• The eatwell plate resources
  The eatwell plate is a policy tool that defines the Government’s recommendations on healthy diets. It makes healthy eating easier to understand by giving a visual representation of the types and proportions of foods need ...
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Strategic high impact changes - Childhood obesity
  The Childhood Obesity National Support Team (CONST), Strategic High Impact Changes document, captures the learning and evidence gathered from the CONST's 44 visits to local health economies across the country. It transla ...
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Food in schools: progress in implementing the new school food standards
  This is an Ofsted report on the progress that schools are making in encouraging healthy eating and in meeting the government’s food-based and nutrient-based standards.
  
  Publisher: Ofsted
  Published Date: 2010
  
  
• The third evaluation of the school fruit and vegetable scheme
  This is a third evaluation of the impact of the school fruit and vegetable scheme, in which all four to six-year-old children in maintained infant, primary and special schools are entitled to a free piece of fruit or veg ...
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2010
  
  
• Healthy weight, healthy lives: two years on
  This report includes progress made since the Government’s Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: A Cross-Government Strategy for England was published in 2008. It sets out how the Government is helping people to make healthier c ...
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2010
  
  
• The NHS operating framework for England for 2010/11
  The operating framework for the NHS for 2010/11 sets out the priorities for the NHS for the year ahead to enable them to begin their planning.
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2009