Health and Social Care Committee: Evidence session on Childhood Obesity: Follow-Up 2019

Tuesday 29 October 2019 at 2.30pm – The Grimond Room, Portcullis House 

The Health and Social Care Committee will hold an evidence session on childhood obesity to follow up on its previous inquiries (Childhood obesity: Time for action), and its predecessor’s work (Childhood obesity: brave and bold action and Childhood obesity: follow-up). 

The session will put key questions to investigate the progress that has been made 3 years on from the publication of the first chapter of the Government’s childhood obesity plan. The session will also consider what the Government’s next steps should be to tackle this problem.  

In this session, the committee will hear from the former Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies and representatives from Public Health England, academics, campaigning groups and representatives from the Department for Health and Social Care and other departments with responsibility for policy areas relating to childhood obesity 

Witnesses:

At 2.30pm 

• Professor Dame Sally Davies, Former Chief Medical Officer

• Duncan Selbie, Chief Executive, and Dr Alison Tedstone, Chief Nutritionist, Public Health England 

At 3.10pm 

• Caroline Cerney, Alliance Lead, Obesity Health Alliance

• Professor Susan Jebb, Professor of Diet and Population Health, University of Oxford 

At 3.50pm 

• Jo Churchill MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Health and Social Care 

• Jenny Oldroyd, Deputy Director, Obesity, Food and Nutrition, Department of Health and Social Care 

• Nigel Adams MP, Minister for Sport, Media and Creative Industries, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport 

• Viscount Younger, Minister for Faith and Communities, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 

• Andrew McCully, Director General for Early Years and Schools, Department for Education