The Cross-Party Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood – To promote evidence based discussion and produce reports on all aspects of childhood health and wellbeing including obesity; to inform policy decisions and public debate relating to childhood; and to enable communications between interested parties and relevant parliamentarians.

The Cross-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood Chair: Anna Sabine MP Officers: Baroness Bousted; Maria Goldman MP

The History of the Group

The Cross-Party Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood was formed in March 2024. It was originally formed in December 2013 as the All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood (APPG) and historical meeting notes, reports and news items will contain references to the APPG, reflecting the name of the group at the time.

The Purpose of the Group

To promote evidence based discussion and produce reports on all aspects of childhood health and wellbeing including obesity; to inform policy decisions and public debate relating to childhood; and to enable communications between interested parties and relevant parliamentarians. Please note that this is not an official website of the House of Commons or the House of Lords. It has not been approved by either House or its Committees. Cross-Party Groups are informal groups of members of both Houses with a common interest in particular issues. Any views expressed in these pages or in our reports are those of the Group. The Group seeks to influence the views of Parliament and of Government to better address these issues. Please use the menus at the top of this page to access our Reports, Meeting Notes, Latest News, etc.

Meetings

Go to our meeting notes page for details of past meetings and to see the wide range of topics and speakers.

Working Group Reports

The Cross-Party Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood regularly produces wide-ranging reports which aim to assist policy-makers to reach decisions based on best evidence. The reports can be read or downloaded from here.

Become an External Member

We recognise that without the support of charitable, corporate and individual interests and experts in the field it will not be possible to fulfil our ambitious agenda. Many Groups are funded by a single substantial organisation who provide staff to the CPG but we prefer to have a broader base of interested parties and so request a modest annual fee from members. Full details of this and sponsorship opportunities are available from the Group Secretariat. The secretariat does the work of organising meetings and such other activities as the Group decides to undertake. This may include, for instance, the establishment of Working Groups in order to produce reports on topics of interest. If you are interested in supporting the Group please email the Secretariat for further details.

Ethical Note

For the avoidance of all doubt, may we re-assure you that no politician has asked for, or been offered, any payment of any ki