National Childhood Obesity Week
Monday 5th – Sunday 11th July
With an estimated three million overweight and obese children in the UK, childhood obesity is one of the most serious health epidemics facing our society today. Not only is this crisis damaging our children’s health and quality of life, it also has huge financial implications for the NHS.
To raise awareness about this epidemic, MEND and the National Obesity Forum have joined forces to launch the first ever National Childhood Obesity Week.
At the outset of the Week MEND, the National Obesity Forum and other leading health organisations have teamed up to launch a Charter calling on the new Coalition Government to announce its strategy for tackling the childhood obesity crisis.
We hope the new government will use the Week to pledge its commitment to tackling this important issue and set out its short and long-term vision for reducing childhood obesity levels.
To view the Action on Childhood Obesity Charter and the organisations that have signed it please click here.
To mark National Childhood Obesity Week, MEND has launched its first-ever MEND Move It Week in a bid to encourage more children and their families to get active together.
To celebrate MEND Move It Week, families across the UK will be ‘moving it’ at fun-filled physical activity events organised by MEND’s network of 350 healthy lifestyle programmes. To find out more about MEND Move It Week, go to www.mendcentral.org/moveitweek
To find out more about National Childhood Obesity Week and MEND Move It Week call us on 020 7231 7225 and ask to speak to the MEND Media and Communications team or e-mail us at media@mendcentral.org
National Childhood Obesity Week is founded by:
