Calorie reduction: guidelines for the food industry
This report sets out the calorie reduction ambitions for all food industry sectors, including: the approach to calorie reduction and reformulation, the different ambitions set across food industry sectors recognising that more action is required in the eating out, takeaway and delivery sectors, food products included in the categories and baseline figures for the different food sectors
Policy paper, Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives
Categories: | Evidence of National Obesity Strategy/Policy or Action plan |
Year(s): | 2020 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Adults and children |
Organisation: | Department of Health and Social Care |
Find out more: | www.gov.uk |
Linked document: | Download linked document |
References: | Policy paper, Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives, Published 27 July 2020. |
Healthy Active Schools System (HASS)
This is a free tool devised and delivered by a UK children’s activity provider 'Fit For Sport.' It is an online activity measurement tool which allows schools to track, monitor and evaluate children’s activity levels in schools.
Categories: | Evidence of Community Interventions/Campaign |
Year(s): | 2017 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Children |
Organisation: | Fit For Sport |
Find out more: | www.healthyactiveschools.co.uk |
Guide to creating a front of pack (FoP) nutrition label for pre-packed products sold through retail outlets
This guidance supports the development of front of pack (FoP) nutrition labels that are compliant with the UK Health Ministers. Recommendation on the use of colour coding as an additional form of expression and with EU Regulation No. 1169/2011 on the provision of food in formation to consumers (EU FIC). The provision of FoP information remains voluntary, but if provided it must meet the requirements set out in the EU FIC. UPDATED 2016
Soft Drinks Levy
Soft Drinks Industry Levy which encourages producers to reduce added sugar_x000D__x000D_
content in drinks, market low sugar alternatives, and reduce portion sizes for_x000D__x000D_
high sugar drinks.
The Child's Obesity Strategy
This report calls for a ban on fast food takeaway deliveries to schools and the introduction of initiatives such as new classifications on unhealthy food and loyalty cards to tackle the childhood obesity epidemic in the UK.
Categories: | Non-national obesity strategies |
Year(s): | 2016 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Children |
Organisation: | Published by Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), the Youth Health Movement and Slimming World. |
Find out more: | www.rsph.org.uk |
Linked document: | Download linked document |
Walk to School Week
Walk to School Week is a project run by the UK charity 'Living Streets.' It uses various campaigns and projects to overcome barriers to walking and encourage millions of people in the UK to walk.
Categories: | Evidence of Physical Activity Guidelines/Policy Evidence of Community Interventions/Campaign |
Year(s): | 2016 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Children |
Organisation: | Living Streets |
Find out more: | www.livingstreets.org.uk |
Guidelines on Preventing excess weight gain (NICE)
Guidelines on how to prevent becoming overweight/obese, including interventions and activities in which weight is not the primary outcome, such as those aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease or type 2 diabetes, improving mental wellbeing or increasing active travel.
Preventing excess weight gain (NICE Guidelines NG7)
These guidelines makes recommendations on behaviours that may help people maintain a healthy weight or prevent excess weight gain.
Categories: | Non-national obesity strategies |
Year(s): | 2015 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Adults and children |
Organisation: | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) |
Find out more: | www.nice.org.uk |
Linked document: | Download linked document |
School Food Regulations 2014 (No. 1603)
Applicable to school lunches and food provided to students on school premises, will come into force 1 January 2015. These replace the School Food Standards of 2007.
Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation 2015
'This cross-government strategy will tackle head on the flatlining levels of sport participation and high levels of inactivity in this country. Through this strategy, government is redefining what success in sport means, with a new focus on five key outcomes: physical wellbeing, mental wellbeing, individual development, social and community development and economic development.'
Categories: | Evidence of Physical Activity Guidelines/Policy |
Year(s): | 2015 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Adults and children |
Organisation: | Department of Culture, Media and Sport |
Find out more: | www.gov.uk |
Linked document: | Download linked document |
The Food Standards Agency's Strategy for 2015-2020
'The FSA Strategy 2015 -20 reinvigorates our pledge to put consumers first in everything we do, so that food is safe and what it says it is, that we have access to an affordable healthy diet, and can make informed choices about what we eat, now and in the future.'
Categories (partial): | Evidence of Nutritional or Health Strategy/ Guidelines/Policy/Action plan |
Year(s): | 2015-2020 |
Target age group: | Adults and children |
Organisation: | Food Standards Agency |
Find out more: | www.food.gov.uk |
Linked document: | Download linked document |
Thrive Plymouth
Thrive Plymouth is a ten year programme which aims to improve health and wellbeing in Plymouth and narrow the gap in health status between people in the city. Its objective is to generate collective action for social change around the main lifestyle choices that determine health and wellbeing in Plymouth. The programme will encourage and enable partners (residents, organisations, institutions) to support positive lifestyle choices in different settings. It encourages eating a healthy diet, leading active lifestyle, drinking sensibly and not smoking. Year one focus was the workplace, year two focus was schools and year three will be focused on the 'One You' campaign.
Categories: | Evidence of Community Interventions/Campaign |
Year(s): | 2015 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Adults and children |
Organisation: | Plymouth City Council |
Find out more: | www.plymouth.gov.uk |
Annual weigh-in
Assessment of the Academy's 10 recommendations for obesity one year on.
Categories (partial): | Health Effectiveness Reviews (obesity related) |
Year(s): | 2014 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Adults and children |
Organisation: | Academy of Royal Colleges |
Find out more: | www.aomrc.org.uk |
European Union (EU) Action Plan on Childhood Obesity
2014-2020
EU Action plan. To contribute to halting the rise in overweight and obesity in children and young people (0-18 years) by 2020
GP Guidance: Management of nutrition following bariatric surgery
This guideline assumes that the bariatric centre will provide the first two years of_x000D__x000D_
follow up for the patient before discharging back to the care of the General_x000D__x000D_
Practitioner.
MAN v FAT
Man V Fat is a digital magazine and social media community designed to support and champion men who want to lose weight. It also runs bootcamps and football leagues for men with a BMI of 30+.
Categories: | Evidence of Community Interventions/Campaign |
Year(s): | 2014 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Adults |
Organisation: | Andrew Shanahan, a writer for The Guardian, The Times and Loaded. |
Find out more: | manvfat.com |
National Clinical Guidelines: Obesity
Clinical guidelines for the identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in children, young people and adults
Categories: | Evidence of Management/treatment guidelines |
Year(s): | 2014 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Adults and children |
Organisation: | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence |
Find out more: | www.nice.org.uk |
Measuring Up: The medical profession's prescription for the nation's obesity crisis
A report suggesting a number of policy measures to tackle obesity, a ban on junk food advertising before 9pm and recommendations on reducing the proximity of fast food outlets to schools.
Categories: | Evidence of Marketing Guidelines/Policy |
Categories (partial): | Evidence of National Obesity Strategy/Policy or Action plan Evidence of Nutritional or Health Strategy/ Guidelines/Policy/Action plan Evidence of Physical Activity Guidelines/Policy Labelling Regulation/Guidelines |
Year(s): | 2013 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Adults and children |
Organisation: | The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges |
Find out more: | www.aomrc.org.uk |
Linked document: | Download linked document |
Out to Lunch
This campaign works with restaurants and pub chains to improve the food and service offered to children and families when they eat out on the high street. With the help of a team of ‘secret diner’ parents, the campaign compiled an ‘Out to Lunch’ league table, ranking 21 of Britain’s top high street chains. Out to Lunch aims to improve healthy menu development and encourages good sourcing and preparation practices.
Categories: | Evidence of Community Interventions/Campaign |
Year(s): | 2013 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Adults and children |
Organisation: | The Soil Association |
Find out more: | www.soilassociation.org |
Multidisciplinary Tier 3 weight management service
Evaluation of this multi-disciplinary approach using focus groups revealed that participants_x000D__x000D_
described high levels of satisfaction. A Tier 3 weight management service for obese patients with complex co-morbidity was successfully delivered in a primary care setting with a full multidisciplinary team. Health outcomes were good compared with existing services.
Categories: | Evidence of Multidisciplinary Intervention |
Year(s): | 2011 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Adults |
Organisation: | Jennings et al 2014 |
Find out more: | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |
Linked document: | Download linked document |
References: | Jennings et al 2014. Evaluation of a multidisciplinary Tier 3 weight management service for adults with morbid obesity, or obesity and comorbidities, based in primary care. Clinical Obesity. doi: 10.1111/cob.12066 |
Start Active, Stay Active
A UK-wide document that presents guidelines on the volume, duration, frequency and type of physical activity required across the life course to achieve general health benefits. It is aimed at the NHS, local authorities and a range of other organisations designing services to promote physical activity.
Categories: | Evidence of Physical Activity Guidelines/Policy |
Year(s): | 2011 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Adults and children |
Organisation: | Department of Health, Physical Activity, Health Improvement and Protection |
Linked document: | Download linked document |
Game Plan, Strategy for delivering the Government's sport and physical activity objectives
This document describes the United Kingdom's Government objectives for sport and physical activity and identifies ways of improving Government support. It was published in 2002 by two government departments: the Social Exclusion Unit and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. The overall objectives of the plan are to increase the participation of all people in sport and to improve results in international competition.
Categories: | Evidence of Physical Activity Guidelines/Policy |
Year(s): | 2002-2020 |
Target age group: | Adults and children |
Organisation: | Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
Find out more: | www.sportdevelopment.org.uk |
References: | DCMS/Strategy Unit. (2002) Game plan: A strategy for delivering government's sport and physical activity objectives. London: Cabinet Office |
UK Code of Broadcast Advertising (BCAP Code)
Statutory rules on advertisements for HFSS foods on TV channels dedicated to children. These regulations ban the advertising of food high in fat, sugar, and salt (as defined by a nutrient profiling model) during television programs that have particular appeal to children aged younger than 16 years. Since 2011, the provisions of the Code of Advertising Practice now apply to advertisers own websites and advertising on social media sites.
Categories: | Evidence of Marketing Guidelines/Policy |
Year(s): | 1961 (ongoing) |
Target age group: | Children |
Organisation: | UK Code of Broadcast Advertising (BCAP Code) |
Find out more: | www.cap.org.uk |
Linked document: | Download linked document |
Living Streets
UK charity campaigning to get everyone out walking more
Categories: | Evidence of Physical Activity Guidelines/Policy Evidence of Community Interventions/Campaign |
Target age group: | Adults and children |
Organisation: | Living Streets |
Find out more: | www.livingstreets.org.uk |
re:balance
Weight loss programme based in Camden or Islington. You can either refer yourself or a GP can refer you._x000D__x000D_
Rebalance is a 12 week, group, weight-loss programme of exercise and dietary advice for overweight or obese adults. It covers nutritional advice, healthy-eating guidance, online, cognitive behavioural support and help to get active.
Categories: | Evidence of Community Interventions/Campaign |
Categories (partial): | Evidence of Nutritional or Health Strategy/ Guidelines/Policy/Action plan Evidence of Physical Activity Guidelines/Policy |
Target age group: | Adults |
Find out more: | www.camden.gov.uk |
The Family Project (a multi-disciplinary family-based programme for treating childhood obesity)
A multi-component family focused education package involving physical activity sessions and educational workshops focusing on; healthy eating, physical activity, reducing sedentary behaviour, behaviour change and psychological well being. Workshops were also delivered by a multi-disciplinary team comprising; a dietitian, physical activity health promotion officer, an educational or clinical psychologist and 2-3 physical activity instructors.
Categories: | Evidence of Multidisciplinary Intervention |
Target age group: | Children |
Organisation: | Coppins et al 2011 |
Find out more: | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |
Linked document: | Download linked document |
References: | Coppins et al 2011. Effectiveness of a multi-disciplinary family-based programme for treating childhood obesity (the Family Project). Eur J Clin Nutr. 2011 Aug;65(8):903-9. |
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