The childhood obesity plan needs a whole diet approach targeting environmental change: Childhood obesity: Time for action - Eighth Report of Session 2017–19

Laura Johnson; Zoi Toumpakari; Angeliki Papadaki

The childhood obesity plan needs a whole diet approach targeting environmental change: Childhood obesity: Time for action - Eighth Report of Session 2017–19

Laura Johnson^*, Zoi Toumpakari, Angeliki Papadaki

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Executive summary:
• 87% of unhealthy foods eaten by adolescents are not targeted by the soft drinks industry levy
• No single food or nutrient is responsible for obesity, a whole diet pattern approach is required
• Children of manual workers and in low-income households eat the most obesogenic diets
• Children’s diets became more obesogenic between 2008-10 and 2013-14
• Promoting healthier foods is as important as limiting unhealthy food
• Our obesogenic dietary pattern score can be used to monitor policy effectiveness
• Meals in out-of-home settings typically contain an extra 100 kcal from unhealthy foods
• School meals typically contain an extra 65 kcal from unhealthy foods
• Environmental policy change imposing standards on out-of-home eating locations are needed

Original language	English
Type	Written evidence submitted to the Health and Social Care Select Committee
Publication status	Published - 30 May 2018

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Social gradients and physical activity trends in an obesogenic dietary pattern: cross-sectional analysis of the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2008-2014
Johnson, L., Toumpakari, Z. & Papadaki, A., 1 Apr 2018, In: Nutrients. 10, 4, 13 p., 388.
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The childhood obesity plan needs a whole diet approach targeting environmental change: Childhood obesity: Time for action - Eighth Report of Session 2017–19

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Social gradients and physical activity trends in an obesogenic dietary pattern: cross-sectional analysis of the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2008-2014

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