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Medway's Whole System Approach to Tackling Obesity

Meeting: 03/03/2020 - Cabinet (Item 5)

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Minutes:

Background:

This report provided details of the proposed long-term approach to reducing the childhood and adult obesity prevalence in Medway.

The report stated that Public Health England’s guidance on the whole system approach included six key phases, as set out in section 3 of the report: set up; building the local picture; mapping the local system; action; managing the system network and; reflect and; refresh. The report provided details of Medway’s approach under this process.

The Health and Wellbeing Board considered this report on 18 February 2020, details of which were set out in section 5 of the report.

Decision number:	Decision:
	The Cabinet noted the comments of the Health and Wellbeing Board as set out in section 5 of the report.
	The Cabinet noted that tackling obesity is a core priority area relating to the Council Plan priorities and directly impacting on all five themes of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
	The Cabinet supported the proposed whole system approach to tackling obesity in Medway which will include the establishment of a Healthy Weight Core Working Group, a food partnership group and physical activity network.
41/2020	The Cabinet agreed to encourage stakeholders and organisations to engage with the Healthy Weight Network.

Reasons:

With the majority of adults in England overweight or obese, and a substantial number of children on the same trajectory, particularly those in the most deprived areas, national and local action is needed now. There is no one single solution. Tackling such an ingrained problem requires a long-term, system-wide approach that makes obesity everybody’s business.