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Children: Obesity

Volume 480: debated on Wednesday 8 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent steps the Government has taken to address childhood obesity. (222677)

In the six months since the £372 million ‘Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: a Cross Government Strategy for England’ was published there has been substantial progress. The progress newsletter ‘Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: 6 months on’, was published on 23 July 2008.

The newsletter highlights the steps forward for the next six months across all five themes of the strategy: children, healthy growth and weight; promoting healthier food choices; building physical activity into our lives; creating incentives for better health; and personalised advice and support for all.