New NEPHO:: Obesity Microsite

Obesity is a growing public health problem. This site is has been developed in collaboration with Public Health North East, to provide a central regional obesity resource for practitioners and analysts working within the field.


Causes of obesity Health risks Facts and figures Measurement	Childhood obesity National Child Measurement Programme BMI and children Maternal Obesity	Discussion forum Strategies Care pathways Questionairres Regional Obesity intervention database Physical Activity intervention database Data sources	Reports Useful Websites References News and Events Presentations PCT Contact Details

We are still developing the contents for this site as we extremely keen for it to be as useful and user-friendly as possible. Therefore, if you have any queries, comments or suggestions we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please contact:

Dr Louisa J. Ells, Obesity Lead North East Public Health Observatory University of Durham Queen's Campus Thornaby TS17 6BH

Tel: +44 (0) 191 334 0400 Fax: +44 (0) 191 334 0391 Mobile: +44 (0) 7985 540657 Email: louisa.ells@nepho.org.uk