Healthy Lives, Healthy People

15 Nov 2011

Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A Call to Action on Obesity in England

Following on from the Public Health White Paper, this document sets out how action on obesity will be delivered as the move is made towards the new public health system.

The Call to action announces the Government’s new national ambitions for a downward trend in excess weight in both children and adults by 2020 and sets out how, by working together, a wide range of partners will be able to make these ambitions a reality.

As part of the vision for achieving these ambitions, the Call to action issues a new ‘calorie reduction challenge’, calling on the food and drink industry to play a key role – alongside Government and others – in reducing the population’s calorie intake by 5 billion calories a day to help close the crucial imbalance between energy in and energy out.

View: http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_130487.pdf