House of Commons Health Select Committee
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This Committee undertook an inquiry into obesity in 2003 2004
The MPs sitting on the committee at that time were:
- David Hinchliffe MP (Labour, Wakefield) (Chairman)
- David Amess MP (Conservative, Southend West)
- John Austin MP (Labour, Erith and Thamesmead)
- Keith Bradley MP (Labour, Manchester Withington)
- Simon Burns MP (Conservative, Chelmsford West)
- Paul Burstow MP (Liberal Democrat, Sutton and Cheam)
- Jim Dowd MP (Labour, Lewisham West)
- Jon Owen Jones MP (Labour, Cardiff Central)
- Siobhain McDonagh MP (Labour, Mitcham and Morden)
- Dr Doug Naysmith MP (Labour, Bristol North West)
- Dr Richard Taylor MP (Independent, Wyre Forest)
- Andy Burnham MP (Labour, Leigh)
- Julia Drown MP (Labour, South Swindon)
- Sandra Gidley MP (Liberal Democrat, Romsey)
The special advisors to the inquiry on obesity were:
- Dr Laurel Devina Edmunds, Senior
Researcher for the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, University of Bristol. Director of The Obesity Awareness and Solutions Trust
- Professor Ken Fox, Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Bristol;
- Professor Gerard Hastings, Director, Centre for Social Marketing and Centre for Tobacco Control Research, University of Strathclyde
- Professor Phil James, Director of the Rowett Research Institute Aberdeen and Chair of the International Obesity Taskforce* Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City University
Supplementary research was provided by:
