Tuesday 19 February 2013

Measuring up: the medical profession's prescription for the national obesity crisis

Measuring up: the medical profession's prescription for the national obesity crisis: This report sets out recommendations from a range of medical professions - from surgeons to psychiatrists to paediatricians to GPs -
on tackling the obesity crisis in the UK. The recommendations include food-based standards to be made mandatory for hospitals; £300m over the next three years to be spent on increasing the provision of weight
management services; and a duty on sugary soft drinks.

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