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  • Obesity and disability: children and young people

    PHE has published a paper examining the evidence linking obesity and disability in children and young people.

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  • PHE release local authority adult obesity data

    New local authority excess weight data published today by Public Health England (PHE) confirms that 64% of adults are overweight or obese.

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  • Latest PHE National Child Measurement Programme figures available

    Latest figures show obesity levels in 4 to 5 year old children have levelled out, and levels in 10 to 11 year old children have stabilised.

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  • Healthy people, healthy places: building a healthy future

    Improving health through better planning and design: launch event of Public Health England's Healthy People, Healthy Places programme.

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  • Obesity more likely in children from deprived areas

    A PHE trend analysis report has shown that children from deprived areas are almost twice as likely to be obese than those in affluent areas.

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  • Government calls time on obesity

    A bid to slash five billion calories off the nation's daily diet was set out as part of the Government's ambitious new plan to tackle obesity by the Department of Health today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Department calls for action on obesity

    ‘Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A call to action on obesity in England’ has been published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK minister calls for tough international action on obesity, smoking and cancer

    In a speech at the United Nations, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has called for governments across the world to work collectively to tackle the rising tide of lifestyle-related diseases.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lancet publishes series of obesity articles

    The Lancet has published a series of articles on obesity which suggest that 40 per cent of adults could be obese by 2030 if current trends continue.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government