Speakers: Tim Rycroft, Food and Drink Federation; Prof. Philip James, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Prof. Simon Capewell, University of Liverpool
Category: APPG on a Fit and Healthy Childhood – Meeting Notes
Meeting notes from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on A Fit and Healthy Childhood.
24/02/16 – The role of physical education and activity in a fit and healthy childhood
Speakers: Andrew Cook, Ofsted; Eustace de Souza, National Lead on Children, Young People and Families at Public Health England; Prof. Nick Draper, University
19/01/16 – Presentations from AB Sugar and 2020health
Speakers: Katharine Teague, Head of Advocacy, AB Sugar and Julia Manning, Chief Executive, 2020health
01/12/15 – Public Health England’s recommendations to the Obesity Strategy
Speaker: Dr. Alison Tedstone, National Lead, Diet and Obesity and Chief Nutritionist, for Public Health England
28/10/15 – Tesco’s 10-point plan to combat obesity
Speakers: Rebecca Shelley, Group Communications Director, Tesco; Tim Smith, Product Quality Director, Tesco
14/10/15 – Working Group Report – Play
Speakers: Tony Hicks, LeapFrog Toys, Mark Hardy, Chairman, Association of Play Industries, Dr. David Whitebread, University of Cambridge
16/09/15 – Scientific Advisory Committee Nutrition’s working group on carbohydrates (SCAN)
Speaker: Prof. Ian Macdonald, Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s working group on carbohydrates (SCAN)
21/07/15 – Poor fitness and Early Childhood Obesity – suggestions to tackle these problems
Speaker: Professor Neena Modi, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; and Helen Clark reporting on the meeting
17/06/15 – Working Group Report – Food in Schools and the Teaching of Food
Speakers: Baroness Benjamin; Dr Estelle Mackay MSc PhD SRD; Dr Emma Derbyshire BSc PhD RNutr
19/03/15 – Q&A with the President of the British Medical Association
Speaker: Sir Al Aynsley-Green: President Elect of the British Medical Association
25/02/15 – Fitness in schoolchildren
Speakers: Dr Gavin Sandercock: Reader in Clinical Physiology and Head of Centre for Sports Science, University of Essex; Rob Newsome OBE, Head
21/01/15 – Q&A with Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson on Pathways into Sport
Speaker: Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson
09/12/14 – Q&A with Luciana Berger MP, Shadow Public Health Minister
Speaker: Luciana Berger MP, and Helen Clark on the progress of the first working group
25/11/14 – Food in Schools and the role of local authorities in child fitness and health
Speakers: Malcolm Clark, Lambeth Councillor, co-ordinator of the Children’s Food Campaign and Councillor Alison Martin, Cabinet Member, Derby City Council
05/11/14 – Health Select Committee’s call for evidence on diet, exercise and health
Speaker: Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, Chair, Health Select Committee
21/10/14 – Presentations from NICE and Slimming World
Speakers: Prof. Mike Kelly of NICE and Dr. Jacqui Lavin of Slimming World
09/07/14 – Too Much Sugar
Speaker: Dr Robert Lustig, author Fat Chance: The Bitter Truth about Sugar
14/05/14 – Labour’s proposals for regulation relating to children’s food
Speaker: Rt. Hon. Andy Burnham MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
08/04/14 – How Can We Reduce Childhood Sugar Consumption?
Speakers: Professor David Walker, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Health in England, and Professor Jack Winkler, Former Professor of Nutrition Policy, London
11/02/14 – First meeting
Our speaker was our Chair, Baroness (Floella) Benjamin of Beckenham OBE, who introduced the Group, set out our ambitions, and called upon all political Parties