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| − | The main aim of the NOF is to increase focus on obesity and develop more awareness - leading to the prevention of obesity itself, and health issues that come with obesity. To increase awareness, the NOF aim to educate people | + | The main aim of the NOF is to increase focus on obesity and develop more awareness - leading to the prevention of obesity itself, and health issues that come with obesity. To increase awareness, the NOF aim to educate more people and from an earlier age, which in turn should decrease the impact on the NHS. |
==People== | ==People== | ||
Revision as of 14:52, 12 October 2010
Emma Patrick Christina McDonald Rachel Cunningham
http://www.nationalobesityforum.org.uk/
History
The National Obesity Forum was created in 2000 by a group of health professionals.
The main aim of the NOF is to increase focus on obesity and develop more awareness - leading to the prevention of obesity itself, and health issues that come with obesity. To increase awareness, the NOF aim to educate more people and from an earlier age, which in turn should decrease the impact on the NHS.
People
Trustees
- Dr Hilary Jones - Patron
- Jane DeVille-Almond Vice Chair
- Dr David Haslam - GP, Hertfordshire Chair
- Shamil Chandaria - Honorary Patron
- Anne Diamond Honorary - Patron
- Debbie Cook
- Dr Matthew Capehorn - Clinical Director
- Tam Fry - Honorary Chairman of The Child Growth Foundation
- Paul Sacher - Research Director, MEND Programme
- Dr Colin Waine - Patron
- Graham Philips
National Obesity Forum Trustees
Funding
Suggestions for sub-pages
Just suggestions - feel free to change/add to this - although it is recommended that you create several main pages linked to from this main project page so group members can edit simultaneously.
Globalisation:National Obesity Forum: History and aims
Globalisation:National Obesity Forum: Funding and connections
Globalisation:National Obesity Forum: Views on tackling obesity
