Saturday, September 02, 2006
BHF comments on new DOH obesity figures
According to a new report by the Department of Health (DOH), we could see more than 12 million adults and one million children obese by 2010 if no action is taken.Maura Gillespie, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at the British Heart Foundation, said,
“These figures are of no surprise to us – we are rapidly becoming a nation bursting at the seams.
"We are all going to have to work together to curb these figures and the risk to our nation's health.
"The Government is rightly touting the Small Change Big Difference agenda as part of the solution - inspiring people to make individual changes which together could make a big difference to the obesity crisis.
“But the Government must deliver the big changes that we need for real difference to be achieved.
"We are demanding the Government place restrictions on advertising junk food to children before the 9pm watershed - a policy that can only have a positive impact on young people's attitudes to foods high in fat, sugar and salt”.
“These figures are of no surprise to us – we are rapidly becoming a nation bursting at the seams.
"We are all going to have to work together to curb these figures and the risk to our nation's health.
"The Government is rightly touting the Small Change Big Difference agenda as part of the solution - inspiring people to make individual changes which together could make a big difference to the obesity crisis.
“But the Government must deliver the big changes that we need for real difference to be achieved.
"We are demanding the Government place restrictions on advertising junk food to children before the 9pm watershed - a policy that can only have a positive impact on young people's attitudes to foods high in fat, sugar and salt”.
