Dr Yvonne Arthurs Deputy Regional Director of Public Health South East Regional Public Health Group

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Dr Yvonne ArthursDeputy Regional Director of
Public HealthSouth East Regional Public Health
GroupBridge House, 1 Walnut Tree CloseGuildford
GU1 4GA
Tackling Childhood Obesity South East Region
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Increase in child obesity for children aged 2
10 years, 1995 2005 (HSE)
Source Health Survey For England
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Increase in child obesity for children aged 2
10 years, 1995 2005 (HSE)
Source Health Survey For England
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Finished consultant episodes for under 16s with a
primary diagnosis of obesity, 1996/97 to 2005/06
Source Information Centre, HES
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Participation in sports and exercise on at least
one day in the last week by IMD quintile,
children aged 2-10 years, 2002
Source DH, HSE
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Response rates for 2005/06 weighing and measuring
exercise by SHA
Source NCOD, DfES pupil numbers
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Response rates and prevalence of obesity and
overweight for year R children for all SHAs,
2005/06
Source NCOD, DfES pupil numbers
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NCOD response rates for year R children for
former PCTs in the South East, 2005/06
Source NCOD, DfES pupil numbers
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NCOD response rates for year 6 children for
former PCTs in the South East, 2005/06
Source NCOD, DfES pupil numbers
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Reported prevalence of obesity and overweight for
all males in NCOD 2005/06, with HSE prevalence
figures
Source NCOD, HSE
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Reported prevalence of obesity and overweight for
all females in NCOD 2005/06, with HSE prevalence
figures
Source NCOD, HSE
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Reported prevalence of obesity in NCOD 2005/06 by
Government Office Region, with HSE prevalence
figures
Source NCOD, HSE
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Activities currently underway in South East

• Food and Physical Activity Programme in SE
• Stakeholder Group
• Physical Activity
• Food
• Regional Strategy
• Food and Health Action Plan
• Move It Strategy
• Emerging Strategy for Health in the South East

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Healthy Eating in Schools (DH DfES)

• 4 Sub regional advisors working with schools-
• School Food Trust Standards for School Meals
• Increasing uptake of school meals
• Targeting Local Authorities with most need
  school clusters
• Support Schools
• Food Policy Development
• School Food Toolkit
• Promote Healthy Eating Criteria for Healthy
  Schools Standard
• School Fruit and Veg scheme
• Year of Food Farming (Sept 2008) reconnection
  of children with food sources.

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Physical Activity

• SEPACT
• Sport England
• DCMS wider physical
• Arts Council promoting dance
• School Sport Target Club Links (2 hours high
  quality PE every week)
• Regional Physical Activity Developer Manager
  appointed -gt focus on children
• School Travel Plan advisors (safer routes to
  school, encourage cycling and walking)

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Physical Activity

• Potential of
• Extended Services Schools
• Sustainable Schools Network
• Pedometer on schools

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Levers for change

• Health Strategy for SE
• Big Lottery Fund
• Local Area Agreements
• Ofsted Inspectors on School Food
• PCT New posts of Director of Public Health
  joint with Local Authorities
• Joint needs assessment with Director for
  Children's Services
• NICE Guidance
• NHS Target for Breast Feeding initiatives

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What needs to happen next

• Look at settings e.g. early years schools
  maximising opportunity to work with families
• Regional Network on Obesity
• Weighing and Measuring next round
• Regional Action Plan on Childhood Obesity