Work Area / Lifestyles / Diet and Nutrition

Diet and Nutrition

The lead PHO for intelligence around food and nutrition is East Midlands PHO
www.empho.org.uk

Key regional resources

Obesity briefing

Obesity in Yorkshire and Humber
This briefing is one of a series of reports aimed at supporting the development of performance tracking processes within Yorkshire and Humber. The briefing brings together currently available health intelligence relating to obesity in adults, children and young people in Yorkshire and Humber. The aims of the briefing are:

  • to summarise currently available sources of data relating to obesity;
  • to provide a context to inform regional and local level action on tackling obesity;
  • to provide a baseline to inform ongoing monitoring of progress on tackling obesity.
Performance Tracking Dataset(Obesity)

The obesity performance tracking dataset contains a set of indicators around diet and nutrition measures at local level. More

Links to resource collections on other PHO websites

Links to resource collections on Department of Health website

DH web section on Healthy Living
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/HealthyLiving/fs/en

DH web section on 5 A DAY
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/FiveADay/fs/en

DH web section on food in schools programme
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Policyandguidance/Healthandsocialcaretopics/Foodinschoolsprogramme/index.htm

Click here to search for other relevant resources (national and local data, documents/reports, guidance, links to relevant organisations etc.) - link to Diet & Nutrition/Healthy Eating Resoruce Collection

Updated 01/06/07