This event will launch the results of a national Expert Consultation involving 73 experts from 41 organisations in the development of the Food Environment Policy Index. This Index evaluates how well England is doing in the development of healthy food policies and identifies priorities for action. The event will allow experts to discuss the results and their implications with parliamentarians.

Chair: Laura Sandys, Former MP, Chair Food Foundation

Key note speech: Nicola Blackwood, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health

Research findings: Anna Taylor, Executive Director, Food Foundation, Fiona Watson, Food Foundation

Expert comment: Prof Susan Jebb, University of Oxford; Dr Tim Lobstein, World Obesity Federation/ Informas

The development of the Food Environment Policy Index has been coordinated by: