South West Population & Public Health Academy - Series 2, Webinar 20: Childhood Obesity

Category: Regional Public Health Events - Other

Date: February 19th 2024 1:00pm until 2:15pm

Location: via MS Teams

 

Series 2, Webinar 20: Childhood Obesity

Date: 19th February 2024  via MS Teams

Time: 13:00 – 14:15

Chair:

  • Professor Maggie Rae, Head of School and Public Health Transformation, NHS England

Speakers:

  • Justine Womack FFPH, Health and Wellbeing Programme Lead (Obesity and CVD Prevention), OHI
  • Louise Tee, Children’s Dietician for Weight Management Service, Cornwall
  • Dr David Thomas, Operations Manager and Jane Jones, Family Support Worker, Beezeebodies

Learning Outcomes

  • To understand the latest National Child Measurement data for the South West regional areas. 
  • To understand relationships between maternal and childhood obesity on health inequalities.
  • To gain knowledge from the practitioner experience of addressing the complications associated with excess weight.
  • To understand the changes being made at a system and individual level to working with families to achieve a healthy weight.

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