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Podcast: IfG LIVE – Discussions with the Institute for Government
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How can the government tackle obesity?

Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 01:01:50
Publish Date: 2023-05-10 13:18:50
Description:

This event explored why successive governments have failed to address rising obesity and what would be needed to tackle it.


Our panel explored why successive governments have failed to address rising obesity and what would be needed to tackle it. We discussed which policies work, how to build support for them and the role of government in leading change.


To explore these questions and more, our expert panel included:


Henry Dimbleby, founder of Leon, former government adviser and author of Ravenous: how to get ourselves and our planet into shape

Sophie Metcalfe, Researcher at the Institute for Government

Dr Dolly Theis, Visiting Researcher at the Cambridge University MRC Epidemiology Unit


The event was chaired by Tom Sasse, Associate Director at the Institute for Government.


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