Resources

Useful supporting documents:

Analysis of the National Childhood Obesity Database 2005-06
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/DH_063565/

National Child Measurement Programme: 2006/7 school year, headline results
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/publications/ncmp/ncmp0607/NCMP%202006%2007.%20Bulletin%20Final.pdf/

Statistics on Obesity, Physical, Activity and Diet: England, January 2008
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/publications/opan08/OPAD%20Jan%202008%20final%20v6%20with%20links%20and%20buttons.pdf/

Obesity: the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children [NICE Obesity Guidance]
http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=byID&o=11000/

Management of obesity in children and young people: A national clinical guideline. SIGN: 2003
http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/69/index.html/

Forecasting obesity to 2010
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/DH_4138630/

Obesity among children under 11
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/DH_4109245/

Research into parental attitudes towards the routine measurement of children’s height and weight
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_080600/

Obesity: the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children [NICE Obesity Guidance]
http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=byID&o=11000/

Management of obesity in children and young people: A national clinical guideline. SIGN: 2003
http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/69/index.html/

The Foresight project: Tackling Obesities: Future Choices
http://www.foresight.gov.uk/Obesity/Obesity_final/Index.html/

Healthy Weight, Healthy lives: A Cross-Government strategy for England
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_082378/

Lightening the load: tackling overweight and obesity
http://www.heartforum.org.uk/downloads/Overweight_ObesityToolkit_Full.pdf/