During her career, Anne Diamond has helped launch awareness drives concerning cervical cancer screening, autism, dyslexia and vaccination programmes. Her proudest achievement was the spearheading of the 1991 ‚”Back To Sleep‚” campaign to prevent cot death, which earned her the Medal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. She is the only non-medic to ever receive this accolade.

Since her own well-publicised battle with her weight, she has turned her attention to the obesity epidemic. As a Patron of the NOF, her role is to increase awareness of the growing prevalence of obesity and its dangers, and to call for urgent action from health care professionals so that sufferers can be helped.

Anne believes that what we need is greater understanding from the medical establishment, action from the politicians, and compassionate help for the individuals whose lives are being impaired and shortened by this debilitating condition.