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Tackling Obesities: Future Choices

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The Tackling Obesities: Future Choices project launched its findings on 17 October 2007. Download the reports and order those that are available in hard copy.

ERRATUM - Click here for information on the revision to the report Modelling Future Trends in Obesity and the Impact on Health.

Introduction

The project gathered scientific evidence from across a wide range of disciplines to inform a strategic view of this issue.

The Project's Director was Sir David King, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Government Office for Science.

The project was overseen by a High Level Stakeholder Group chaired by Dawn Primarolo.

Project Aim

"to produce a long-term vision of how we can deliver a sustainable response to obesity in the UK over the next 40 years."

Project Objectives

  • to use the scientific evidence base from across a wide range of disciplines to identify the broad range of factors that influence obesity, looking beyond the obvious
  • to create a shared understanding of the relationships between key factors influencing levels of obesity and their relative importance
  • to build on this evidence to identify effective interventions
  • to analyse how future levels of obesity might change and the most effective future responses