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e-Sight is a quarterly newsletter providing you with all the latest news about the UK Foresight programme.

welcome to the Foresight Tackling Obesities: Future Choices Project

the Tackling Obesities: Future Choices project launched its findings on 17th October 2007. Download the reports and order those that are available in hard copy.

ERRATUM - Click here for information on the revision to the report- Modelling Future Trends in Obesity and the Impact on Health (Adobe PDF 3,178kb)

introduction:

the project gathered scientific evidence from across a wide range of disciplines to inform a strategic view of this issue.

the Project's Director was Sir David King, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Government Office for Science.

the project was overseen by a high level Stakeholder Group chaired by Dawn Primarolo. Click here for a list of the Stakeholder Group members.

project Aim:

"to produce a long-term vision of how we can deliver a sustainable response to obesity in the UK over the next 40 years."

project Objectives:

  • to use the scientific evidence base from across a wide range of disciplines to identify the broad range of factors that influence obesity, looking beyond the obvious
  • to create a shared understanding of the relationships between key factors influencing levels of obesity and their relative importance
  • to build on this evidence to identify effective interventions
  • to analyse how future levels of obesity might change and the most effective future responses