obese, diet, exercise
Experts discuss the impact of diet and activity on health
29 January 2015
On Tuesday 3 February 2015 the Health Committee holds its first oral evidence session on the impact of activity and diet on health.
- Parliament TV: Impact of activity and diet on health session
- Inquiry: Impact of activity and diet on health
- Health Committee
Witnesses
Tuesday 3 February 2015, Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
At 2.30pm
- Professor Gillian Leng, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Health and Social Care, NICE
- Professor Susan Jebb OBE, Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences
- Professor Nick Wareham, MRC Epidemiology Unit and Centre for Diet and Activity Research
At 3.30pm
- Sue Davies, Chief Policy Adviser, Which?
- David Stalker, ukactive
- Jane Landon, Director of Policy and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, UK Health Forum
- Dr Mike Knapton, Associate Medical Director, British Heart Foundation
Purpose of the session
This is the Committee's first evidence session for its inquiry into the impact of activity and diet on health. The inquiry looks at evidence of the impact of diet on health and the most effective way of conveying healthy eating and drinking to the public in order to achieve a more healthy weight, and evidence of the impact of physical activity on health, including its impact independent of weight.