Speakers: Baroness Benjamin; Dr Estelle Mackay MSc PhD SRD; Dr Emma Derbyshire BSc PhD RNutr
Category: APPG on a Fit and Healthy Childhood – Meeting Notes
Meeting notes from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on A Fit and Healthy Childhood.
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