7. Population approach to Obesity The UK Governments Foresight Report92 and NICE Guidance130 provide a comprehensive overview of the challenges presented by obesity. Many of the evidence based recommendations presented in these documents not only focus on individual strategies for change but also present interventions to address the obesity epidemic at multiple levels to include the family and community as well as the wider physical and social environment that may, through design, limit opportunities to be active or eat a healthy diet. In Wales, a number of policy documents reinforce the need to tackle the root causes of obesity. For example, Our Healthy Future169 not only aims to improve quality and length of life but also focuses on equity and reducing inequalities with two of its ten priorities (healthy eating and physical activity) having a direct impact on obesity. The Wales Obesity Pathway170 provides a tool for Local Health Boards, Local Authorities and other key stakeholders to not only map local policies and services to address obesity but also ensure local measure to tackle obesity are incorporated into Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Plans, Children and Young Peoples Single Plans, Community Plans and Local Development Plans. Appendix 3 provides an overview of interventions, by Local Health Board (LHB) area in Wales, to address maternal obesity. NICE has made the following recommendations (Table 6, below) for the prevention, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children. The recommendations emphasis the need for joint working across a statutory, voluntary and private sectors to ensure the
7. Population approach to Obesity The UK Governments Foresight Report92 and NICE Guidance130 provide a comprehensive overview of the challenges presented by obesity. Many of the evidence based recommendations presented in these documents not only focus on individual strategies for change but also present interventions to address the obesity epidemic at multiple levels to include the family and community as well as the wider physical and social environment that may, through design, limit opportunities to be active or eat a healthy diet. In Wales, a number of policy documents reinforce the need to tackle the root causes of obesity. For example, Our Healthy Future169 not only aims to improve quality and length of life but also focuses on equity and reducing inequalities with two of its ten priorities (healthy eating and physical activity) having a direct impact on obesity. The Wales Obesity Pathway170 provides a tool for Local Health Boards, Local Authorities and other key stakeholders to not only map local policies and services to address obesity but also ensure local measure to tackle obesity are incorporated into Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Plans, Children and Young Peoples Single Plans, Community Plans and Local Development Plans. Appendix 3 provides an overview of interventions, by Local Health Board (LHB) area in Wales, to address maternal obesity. NICE has made the following recommendations (Table 6, below) for the prevention, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children. The recommendations emphasis the need for joint working across a statutory, voluntary and private sectors to ensure the