What can be done about childhood obesity? A Hertfordshire systems approach

Hertfordshire County Council Public Health

We will focus on the factors that influence obesity, the opportunities to address excess weight and how we can find effective solutions.

Date: Thursday 30 July 2020 ** Registration closes on 23 July **Event start time: 10:00 am to 12:00pmOnline event via Zoom (login details will follow by email once registration is complete) This event is free for all relevant professionals working in Hertfordshire, whether statutory, private or voluntary sector.This session is aimed at: teachers, teaching assistants, school leaders, youth workers, those working in leisure facilities, family/child weight management service providers. Public Health workforce and health professionals including GPs, MH practitioners and School Nurses. It will also be of interest to parents and the voluntary and charitable sectors. Policy makers, researchers, commissioners, academics and researchers (including from nutrition, dietetics, public health, psychology, behavioural and social sciences, town planning/environmental studies, nursing and allied health, pharmacy.During this session you will: •	learn more about lived experience and social determinants and how they help us make sense of childhood obesity•	learn more about why systems approaches to obesity are important and why Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) is adopting such an approach•	understand how HCC and the University are working together to consult with young people in Stevenage about the broad factors influencing obesity in the town•	learn more about what is happening across Hertfordshire to address childhood obesity•	contribute to finding ways to apply a systems approach across stakeholder groups to address childhood obesity.This masterclass will give you the opportunity to consider and discuss areas addressed.

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