Joining Forces to Tackle Obesity, 21-22 January 2002
Conference Programme
A National Audit Office conference for policy-makers,
practitioners and researchers from the public and voluntary sectors
and industry
Conference
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10:00-11:00
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Welcome and housekeeping arrangements
James Robertson, Director of Health Studies, National Audit
Office
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10:10-11:00
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The context
Conclusions and recommendations from the work of the National
Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee; key note speech from
The Department of Health
Chair: Sir John Bourn, Comptroller and Auditor General, National
Audit Office Conclusions and recommendations from the work of the
National Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee; key note
speech from The Department of Health
Yvette Cooper MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of State for Public Health
Edward Leigh MP, Chairman of the Public
Accounts Committee
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11:30-12:35
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The global epidemic
The scale, causes and implications of the worldwide problem; the
US experience and the challenge of implementing an appropriate
response
Dr William Dietz, Director, Division of Nutrition and Physical
Activity, Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Atlanta
Professor Philip James, Chairman of the
International Obesity Taskforce
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Discussion
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13:35-15:10
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The role of education
Why traditional approaches to health promotion and education
have failed: the increase in childhood obesity and the importance
of school based initiatives
Dr Siân Griffiths, Faculty of Public Health
Medicine
Professor David Hall, President, Royal College
of Paediatrics and Child Health
Tom Jeffery, Director of the Pupil Support and
Inclusion Group, Department for Education and Skills
Sue Campbell, Joint Advisor on Physical
Activity in Schools to the Department for Education and Skills and
the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Discussion
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15:30-17:30
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Specialist break-out sessions based around case studies:
- Physical activity – engaging young
people and communities through school sport
- Engaging the food industry – working
towards a healthier diet
- Promoting active transport – walking and
cycling to school
- Promoting healthy eating in
schools
- Implementing joined-up local
strategies
- Tackling obesity in the
workplace
- Food advertising and promotion
- Stimulating lifestyle change in
overweight and obese children
- Integrated strategies for management and
treatment in primary care
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18.00-19.30
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Evening reception
Complimentary evening reception and Presentation of the Primary
Care Award for Excellence in Weight Management by
Dr Ian Campbell, Chairman of the National
Obesity Forum
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Conference Day Two:
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08:45 – 09:40
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Implications of obesity for the NHS and the
economy
Involving industry and the media in preventive strategies;
relevance of obesity to type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and
cancer strategies
Chair: Dr William Dietz, Director, Division of
Nutrition and Physical Activity, Centers for Diseases Control and
Prevention, Atlanta
Will Hutton, Chairman of the Industrial
Society
Imogen Sharp, Head of Coronary Heart
Disease/Prevention, Department of Health
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09:40 – 10:25
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Prevention and management: the evidence
base
Findings from the Health Development Agency’s systematic review
of interventions to prevent and manage obesity
Mike Kelly, Director of Research and
Information and Dr Caroline Mulvihill, Research
Specialist, Health Development Agency
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Discussion
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10:45 – 12:00
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Improving management and treatment
Living with obesity and the frustrations of seeking effective
remedies; the challenge of providing an integrated approach to
management in primary, secondary and tertiary settings
Parents of children from Carnegie International Weight Loss
Camp
Professor Peter Kopelman, Professor of Clinical
Medicine, St Bartholomew’s & The Royal London School of
Medicine & Dentistry, London
Dr Ian Campbell, GP, Chairman of the National
Obesity Forum
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Discussion
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13:00 – 14:15
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Preventing obesity through dietary strategies
The link between eating patterns and the prevalence of obesity;
engaging the food industry in strategies to improve the balance of
the diet
Dr Susan Jebb, Head of Nutrition and Health
Research, Medical Research Council
Professor Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy,
Thames Valley University
Wendy Wrigley, General Manager, Retail Brands,
The Co-Operative Group
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Discussion
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14:15 – 15:50
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Preventing obesity through physical Activity
strategies
The link between sedentary behaviour and the Prevalence of
obesity; promoting active lifestyles Through physical recreation
and active transport
Professor Ken Fox, Department of Exercise and
Health Sciences, Bristol University and Adrian
Davis, Consultant on Transport and Health
The Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP, Minister of State
for Sports, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Nick Cavill, Department of Transport, Local
Government and the Regions
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Discussion
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Chair’s summary and closing remarks |