Tackling childhood obesity

Health inequalities Paediatrics Public health and epidemiology

October 2024

1 minute

Early years interventions to tackle childhood obesity and promote life-long health

At a glance

This report explores how interventions in early childhood can help prevent obesity and improve health across the life course, identifying priorities for research, policy and practice.

Published: October 2024

Early years interventions to tackle childhood obesity Oct 2024 (PDF, 313.15 KB)

Fellows mentioned

Professor Diana Kuh FMedSci

Emeritus Professor of Life Course Epidemiology

University College London

Professor Catherine Law CBE FMedSci

Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology

Professor Neena Modi FMedSci

Professor Neonatal Medicine and Vice-Dean International

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Professor Sue Ozanne FMedSci

University of Cambridge

Professor Lucilla Poston CBE FMedSci

Head of Division of Women's Health, King's College London and Research Lead for Women's Health Clinical Academic Grouping, King'

King's College London

Professor Rebecca Reynolds FMedSci

Professor of Metabolic Medicine

University of Edinburgh

Centre for Cardiovascular Science

Professor Tom Solomon CBE FMedSci

Professor of Neurology, Director, Pandemic Institute & NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections,

University of Liverpool

Institute of Infection, Veterinary & Ecological Sciences

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