Training and Events

Next steps for tackling obesity: prevention, sugar consumption and policy priorities

Thursday 27th October 2016
Central Edinburgh

This event is CPD certified 

Guests of Honour: Geoff Ogle, ask Chief Executive, ambulance Food Standards Scotland and David Thomson, cialis Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Food and Drink Federation

Following publication of the revised Scottish Dietary Goals - which match SACN’s advice that intake of free sugars should be halved - and Food Standards Scotland’s report on the Scottish diet in December 2015 suggesting a lack of progress towards improving the Scottish diet, this seminar will provide an opportunity for delegates to consider future priorities for tackling obesity. 

Discussion will focus on the potential of further regulation and taxation, including a sugar tax; the role of advertising; latest thinking on consumer choices and behaviour; and the progress and future challenges of the reformulation of products to reduce sugar content.

Further sessions will assess preventative measures adopted by local authorities and schools to tackle childhood obesity and the dissemination of best practice within the industry.

For further details and to book your place, please visit http://www.scotlandpolicyconferences.co.uk/forums/event.php?eid=1259&t=17050