Programme:
- Learn about trends and drivers in obesity in adults globally and in the UK, the health, economic and societal consequences and impact on healthcare budgets and current UK, devolved and local government policy in this area
- Understand the role of weight loss drugs in tackling obesity and how it is shaping government policy and the role of the NHS
- Exchange views on the importance of prioritising prevention over cure and the dangers of weight loss drugs taking focus away from prevention
- Develop long-term comprehensive national strategies for preventing obesity in adults
- Examine obesity in the UK in an international context and learn about best practice in preventing and tackling obesity in different countries
- Promote public health measures for improving diet and preventing obesity, including through taxing unhealthy foods and subsidising healthy foods to make them cheaper
- Implement plans to tackle the social determinants of obesity and reduce the gap in obesity levels between the richest and poorest regions of the UK
- Consider the impact banning pre-9pm junk food TV adverts and online adverts of unhealthy food will have on obesity levels and whether much stricter regulatory interventions are needed to safeguard public health
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