Transcript Lorraine Tulloch - Children in Scotland

Lorraine Tulloch
Programme Lead, Obesity Action Scotland
Mum, why am I fat?
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The Inequalities Challenge
Projected Prevalence of Obesity in Primary 1 Children in Scotland for SIMD quintiles 1 &5 compared to Scotland as a whole:
01/12 to 19/20. ScotPHN Report on Child Healthy Weight Programme. August 2014
What is Scotland doing to tackle this?
UK Government
Childhood
Obesity Strategy
Dec 2015…Feb
2016…..Summer
2016.......???
Before …
…during..
…and after
What more do we need to do?
Are we serious?
Portion Size
Regulation for retail and out of
home portion size
Sugar Tax
Introduction of a 20% tax on
sugar sweetened beverages
Advertising/Marketing
Promotions
9pm watershed for TV advertising of
HFSS foods and restrictions on
marketing to children through other
media
Regulatory framework on price
promotions of foods high in fat,
sugar or salt (HFSS)
Reformulation
A clear framework for
reformulation with time-bound
targets and sanctions
Labelling
Improved labelling in retail
and out of home sectors
Our Vision
A Scotland where everyone understands healthy
weight, why it’s important and how as a society
we can achieve and sustain it
Find out more
www.obesityactionscotland.org
@obesityactionsc