Work Area / Lifestyles / Obesity

Obesity

The lead PHO for intelligence around obesity is South East PHO
www.sepho.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

http://www.yhpho.org.uk/performance_tracking.aspx

Regional Physical Activity Framework

http://www.yhpho.org.uk/viewResource.aspx?id=315

Links to resource collections on other PHO websites

• SWPHO
• Web section on information around individual behaviour
  http://www.swpho.nhs.uk/resource/browse.aspx?RID=49
• ERPHO
• Web section on obesity
  http://www.erpho.org.uk/topics/Obesity/default.aspx
• SEPHO
• Web section on obesity
  http://www.sepho.org.uk/Topics/obesity.aspx
• EMPHO
• Web section on obesity
  http://www.empho.org.uk/themes/obesity/obesity.aspx
• LHO
• Web section on obesity
  http://www.lho.org.uk/HIL/Lifestyle_And_Behaviour/Obesity.aspx
• NEPHO
• Web section on work in progress looking into relationship between obesity and pregancy
  http://www.nepho.org.uk/index.php?c=627

Links to resource collections on Department of Health website

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

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Updated 01/06/07