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Reducing obesity: future choices
- From:
- Government Office for Science
- Part of:
- Tackling obesities: future choices and Foresight projects
- Published:
- 17 October 2007
Foresight report looking at how we can respond to rising levels of obesity in the UK.
Documents
Tackling obesities: future choices - project report (2nd edition)
Ref: BIS/07/1184X PDF, 10MB, 164 pages
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Tackling obesities: future choices - summary of key messages
Ref: BIS/07/1469X PDF, 439KB, 4 pages
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Tackling obesities: future choices - follow up actions
Ref: 07/1526 PDF, 455KB, 8 pages
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Details
This report takes a strategic 40 year forward look at how the UK can respond sustainably to rising levels of obesity. It brings together evidence and expertise from across a wide range of disciplines and from professionals and interested organisations both inside and outside government.
This second edition includes a revised figure for the estimated future costs of people being overweight or obese.
Further details of the project and the supporting evidence are available from the tackling obesities project page.
Document information
Published: 17 October 2007