Healthy Weight Healthy Lives in the South East Pam Naylor Regional Healthy Weight Programme Manager

Healthy Weight Healthy Lives in the South

East

Pam NaylorRegional Healthy

Weight Programme Manager

5 Key Themes

• Children: healthy growth, healthy weight

• Promoting healthier food choices

• Building physical activity into our lives

• Creating incentives for better health

• Personalized advice and support

South East Profile

Children - NCMP 2006-07

Yr R Yr6

Obese 9.9% 17.5%

Overweight 13% 14.2%

Both 22.9% 31.7%

Overweight and obese adults in SE(2006)

Women – 54% Men – 66%(www.ic.nhs.uk)

Theme 1:Children – healthy growth

Early Years

• Infant Feeding Strategy/Co-ordinator

• Promotion of breastfeeding• 0-5’s nutrition- Childrens Centres, nurseries

• Play – Play Builders, Play strategies etc

• Work with parents – social marketing

• Change4life

change4life branding

Schools

• School Food Programme with SfT

• increasing take up of (free) school meals

• healthier catering- skills and kitchens

• School Food Ambassadors

• Links to wider community programmes – eg growing, Sustainable Schools etc

• Support Healthy Schools programme

Theme 2: Promoting Healthier Food Choices

• Consumer awareness & social marketing

• Healthy eating in the workplace

• 5 a day Community food initiatives

• Healthy Food Code of Practice - eg catering awards, FSA, 5 a Day, salt/fat/sugar reduction, labelling etc

• Convenience stores pilot

• Regional food policy development

Theme 3: Building Physical Activity into our lives

• Get Active Alliance + national plan• Get Active South East Framework• SEPACT • Working groups – active communities,

exercise referral, active workplaces• Active Start – early years/play etc• Healthy Towns• C4c – 19 projects

Theme 4: Creating Incentives for Better Health

• Employer incentives – workplace initiatives

• Weight management programmes

• Evidence base and NICE Guidance

• Commissioning for health and wellbeing

Theme 5: Personalized advice and support

• NHS Choices website

• Care for those with weight problems – developing care pathways etc

• Engaging the NHS – SHA’s and PCT’s

• Primary Care

• Commissioning & developing weight management services

• Targeted interventions/capacity building

Communications and training

Wellbeing South East Website

Capacity building, supporting good practice -events, conferences and networks

• Regional conferences – ‘Eat your Greens…’, Get Active SE, Healthy Weight (Jan 09)etc

• Input to other conferences – Healthy Schools, FSA events

• Joint events – with Play England (Dec 08),sport England, DCMS etc

• Regional Healthy Weight network and input to local networks

• Input to other initiatives – eg Year of Food & Farming, Children’s Centre development, sustainable procurement

Contact details

Pamela Naylor

Regional Healthy Weight Lead

SE Public Health Group

GOSE, Bridge House

1 Walnut Tree Close

Guildford GU1 4GA

01483 882538

Pamela.naylor@dh.gsi.gov.uk