Globalisation:National Obesity Forum

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 and is a registered charity (1109600).

The main aims of the NOF are to:

-Increase the public focus on obesity and develop more awareness about the health implications.

-To help educate more people on the topic of obesity and health from an earlier age.

-To encourage the Government to make tackling obesity a priority, in order to save the NHS money in future years.

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

Sources

The main funding sources for the Forum are in the form of grants, donations and the income from the Annual Conference on Obesity held each October. The company received a total of £38,898 for the year ending 31/10/09 from Voluntary sources and 40,025 for the period 1/4/08 to 31/10/08.