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Agree 1,000 Days #Obesity #prevention requires action throughout the life course, especially in the first #1000days. World Obesity & World Health Organization (WHO)'s latest policy brief highlights how to make a difference @Dr_C_Llewellyn @EASOresearch Prof. Emma Boyland buff.ly/2QTFIaP

Dr/Mohamed Abdelkawi EASO 1,000 Days World Obesity World Health Organization (WHO) @EASOresearch Prof. Emma Boyland A major driver of obesity is the environment. We should add to this list: 1) food & physical activity environments; 2) poverty. It is important to emphasise that obesity is not simply a matter of personal responsibility & choice - we respond to the env we live in. #ComplexSystems

'Sugar tax raises more than 150 million to fight #ChildhoodObesity'. We support the introduction of sugar taxes to alleviate the growing #obesity crisis. Stay tuned for the release of our first policy dossier on #SSBTaxes, this week! localgov.co.uk/Sugar-tax-rais…

Great opportunity for @HoopGroupUK Sarah Le Brocq and I to influence Parliamentarians and policy makers to improve their communication on obesity. #EndWeightStigma #Obesity

It's clear that the single biggest risk factor for poor health, disease and early death is the food we eat. By focusing on #nutrition in the first 1,000 days, we can work to prevent disease, #obesity and #beatNCDs. theguardian.com/society/2018/n…

Exactly my concern

Great to see! Men's Health Alan White Men's Health Forum @DadsRockEdin North East Young Dads & Lads (NEYDL) Young Fathers Fathers Network Scot

Coverage of our latest research on widening socioeconomic #inequality in childhood #obesity in Liverpool in the local press today. liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool… Edge Hill University EHU Sport & PA Edge Hill Research Office @PhysActivityEd

Deprivation and ethnic composition associated with Trajectories of change in childhood obesity prevalence across local authorities 2007/08–2015/16: a latent trajectory analysis | Journal of Public Health | Oxford Academic academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/adv…

The palatability of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: A content analysis of newspaper coverage of the UK sugar debate journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Are you a parent with a child aged 0-2 years old? Want to take part in a focus group in Leeds about vitamin D information for parents and pregnant women? Leeds Beckett University research project. Please see poster below.

Really promising news coming out of #Leeds today - the first UK city to lower its childhood obesity rate. Encouragingly, these changes are happening among families living in the most deprived areas of the city. #Obesity #childhoodobesity #progress tinyurl.com/y2424a3o

New World Health Organization (WHO) studies: Europe battles #childhoodobesity and experts confirm #breastfeeding protects against childhood obesity bit.ly/2XOKycq

Leeds Beckett University are asking parents/caregivers of children aged up to 11 years old to complete a survey about their children's snacking and mealtime behaviours and for their views on Change4Life 100 calorie snack information. Please access here: bit.ly/ChildFoodSurvey

This piece highlights a new support network - called Manbassadors - which is tackling high rates of male suicide in east Leeds #menshealth #gender #mentalhealth #leeds

Everyone can benefit from keeping active. 🏃🏽‍♂️🏊🏿‍♂️🚶🏼‍♀️ New guidelines from the 4 UK CMOs emphasise the importance of strength-building activities and, for the first time, include guidance on safe exercise levels for new mothers 👇 gov.uk/government/pub… #CMOPhysicalActivity