On Tuesday twenty third Might 2023, the Weight problems Well being Alliance had been delighted to welcome members, colleagues and parliamentarians to our Annual Parliamentary Reception.
This occasion launched the OHA’s manifesto for all political events prematurely of the subsequent Common Election. There are three clear asks of the subsequent Authorities – give kids’s well being the precedence it deserves, construct on the success of the Gentle Drinks Levy, and empower native communities to make the locations they stay more healthy. Every ask relies on a advice in our Turning The Tide 10 Yr Wholesome Weight Technique, and developed in session with the broader Alliance.
We welcomed speeches from our host Maggie Throup MP for Erewash, Steve Brine MP for Winchester (Chair of the Well being and Social Care Choose Committee), Andrew Gwynne MP for Denton and Reddish (Shadow Public Well being Minister). The parliamentarians every shared their views on the necessity for additional authorities intervention on weight problems, outlining their visions for the longer term.
All through the reception, case research, and a video from Jacob, from the youth board at Bite Back 2030 confirmed attendees how kids had been bombarded by unhealthy meals messaging wherever they go.
Dr Jo Bibby (Director, Well being Basis) shared the Health Foundation’s view of the significance of public well being prevention, notably as regards to weight problems, within the present local weather of financial instability and large pressures on the NHS. and our director Katharine Jenner concluded the occasion by asking viewers members to “Get behind our imaginative and prescient – to prioritise kids’s well being, to construct on what works, and to empower native communities – after which we are going to discover the artwork of the attainable.”
Thanks all for attending, see you subsequent yr!
Picture credit: With because of Luqman Stagg for the pictures
