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Child obesity in the spotlight - Ipswich Evening Star- Topic: Childhood Obesity News

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Although Suffolk Primary Care Trust has already put the Mind, Exercise, Nutrition and Do-it (MEND) programme in place, it is also currently working with other agencies, for example schools and councils, to prevent childhood obesity becoming an even bigger problem. Suffolk PCT is also working closely with all its partners to ensure that preventing obesity is a high priority, and looking at areas like promoting breastfeeding, school meals, the Healthy Schools programme, and walking to school schemes. The county’s allocated budget for child obesity is £250,000, but according to Dr Amanda Jones, deputy director of public health at Suffolk PCT, there is a lot of additional money spent on obesity-related issues, for example the Healthy Schools Programme. The charity believes it should be illegal for companies to act in any way which either has the intention or the effect of promoting unhealthy food to people under the age of 16. Read Childhood Obesity

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