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English obesity policies have long been unfit for purpose, but they are improving – new research – The Conversation UK
We don’t need more government obesity strategies – governments just need to implement the proposed policies for them to work.
In England, 63% of men and women live with obesity or are overweight. Although the government has recognised obesity to be a significant health challenge that needs to be addressed, none of the obesity strategies theyve published since 1992 have successfully reduced the prevalence and inequalities of obesity.
My team wanted to find out why this was the case. So we analysed Englands 14 obesity strategies and 689 obesity policies that have been proposed over the last 28 years by government. We found…
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