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UCL International Institute for Society and Health
2008 PUBLIC SEMINAR SERIES
You are invited to attend on:
1 July 2008, Tuesday 5pm - 6.30pm
Panel Discussion: Obesity and inequality: what hope for change?
*Please bring this invitation with you.
Panel Members
Helen Croker: Research Dietitian, UCL Health Behaviour Research Centre.
Member of clinical guidance group for the NICE obesity guidelines.
Tim Lang: Professor of Food Policy, City University. Advisor to the
Foresight Obesity programme and member of the Sustainable Development
Commission.
Tim Lobstein: Director of the IASO child obesity programme and leader of
POLMARK, a European Commission funded project on policies on marketing
of food to children.
Martin McKee : Professor of European Public Health, LSHTM. Research
director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies;
project leader of a 6th Framework coordination action EURO-PREVOB for
the prevention of obesity
Panel Chair
Eric Brunner: Reader in Epidemiology & Public Health, Co-Director of the
UCL Health & Society Summer School
Abstract
Overweight and obesity have become a major public health issue in UK and
Europe. The Foresight report (2007) came to the conclusion that "obesity
is a complex, multifaceted problem with no easy or obvious solutions".
In other words, reversal of the upward trend will be slow and will
necessarily involve interventions at several levels. A vital aspect of
the debate concerns the distribution of responsibility for solutions
among individuals and families, business and government. How can
obesogenic environments be converted into leptogenic environments? Even
in France with its strong tradition of food culture, obesity prevalence
has risen and the socioeconomic obesity gap has widened over the past
decade. How to reverse the growing link between social disadvantage and
weight gain? Income inequality and food insecurity are growing, making
cheap energy-dense foods an attractive purchase for people on low
incomes. The expert panel will lead discussion on public health
dimensions of the issue: (1) effectiveness of weight loss interventions,
(2) structural and cultural causes of obesity,
(3) childhood obesity and UK policy responses, and (4) emerging EU
policy on obesity and inequalities in obesity.
This seminar will be held at UCL and is part of the UCL Health & Society
2008 Summer School. It is free, but space is limited. NO NEED TO RSVP .
Arrive promptly to secure a seat. Please contact us if you have any
special needs. Seminar venue:
UCL Old Refectory (under the UCL dome), UCL Main Gates, Gower Street,
WC1E 6BT . Nearest Underground station Euston Square. Warren St and
Goodge St is
also within walking distance. Email: [log in to unmask] Refreshments at
6.30pm after the seminar.
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