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.

Latest news: 2008/09 NCMP headline results report and data is available at: www.ic.nhs.uk/ncmp

Causes Obesity and Health Measurement Trends	Childhood obesity National Child Measurement Programme BMI and children Maternal Obesity RMSO	Discussion forums Questionnaires * Regional Obesity intervention database * Physical Activity intervention database * Data sources North East Obesity Forum Obesity and Physical Activity Lead Group*	National Reports Regional Resources * Care Pathways * Teaching Pack * Strategies * Useful Websites Library Regional Guidance

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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) 7920740938 Email: louisa.ells@nepho.org.uk