National Obesity Forum
According to Robert Thomson the Editor of the Times in 2006:
The Obesity group is supported by the National Obesity Forum. In January, the President of the National Obesity Forum, Dr Ian Campbell, quit claiming it had become too dependent on drug company funding. The forum lists GlaxoSmithKline UK ltd, Slim Fast Food Ltd, Tanita UK Ltd, Sanofi-Aventis Ltd as amongst their “partners".[1]
People
The NOF Trustees
Dr Colin Waine Dept of Primary care, Univ of Sunderland, Chair | Dr David Haslam GP, Hertfordshire Clinical Director | Jane DeVille-Almond Practice Nurse Education | Shamil Chandaria Honorary Patron | Karan Thomas Training Consultant | [[Dr Jonathan Pinkney Consultant BSc, MB BS, MD, FRCP. | Dr Ashley Adamson Senior Lecturer BSc, SRD, PhD, RPHNutr | Tam Fry Honorary Chairman, Child Growth Foundation | Paul Sacher Research Director, MEND Programme | Helen Johnson Parliamentary Affairs Executive team member | Maria Voce Office Manager, Company secretary, Executive team member
Partners
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]
- Department of Health
- National Institute of Clinical Excellence
- Royal College of Paediatricians
- Association for the Study of Obesity
- National Audit Office
- Korean Academy of Family Physicians
- National Association of Primary Care
- Roche Products Ltd
- Abbott Laboratories
- Slim Fast Foods Ltd
- Safeway Foods plc
- Tanita UK Ltd
- Sanofi-Aventis Ltd
- Mantis Surgical Equipment Ltd
- GlaxoSmithKline UK Ltd
- Canderel
- British Meat Nutrition Education Services
- Rosemary Conley Enterprises
- Carlton TV Ltd
- The Obesity Awareness and Solutions Trust[2]
PR agencies
Affiliations
- Obesity All Party Parliamentary Group, provides support to the Group
Notes
- ↑ House of Commons Committee on Standards and Privileges, Written evidence received by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards 1. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr Robert Thomson, 20 January 2006 Lobbying and All Party Groups Ninth Report of Session 2005–06
- ↑ http://nationalobesityforum.org.uk/content/view/24/160/, accessed 17 November 2007