Letters
Childhood obesity strategy
We must go for gold in public health
BMJ 2016; 354 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i5138 (Published 26 September 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;354:i5138
- May C I van Schalkwyk, specialist registrar in public health and academic clinical fellow1,
- Donelly A van Schalkwyk, research fellow2
- 1Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
- 2Department of Immunology and infection, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
- m.vanschalkwyk{at}nhs.net
The past few weeks have seen the release of the UK government’s childhood obesity strategy,1 reports of athletic success from Team GB at the Olympics, a further article supporting the benefits of physical activity,2 and a Lancet comment calling for multifaceted approaches to tackling obesity.3
Little connection was made between these, however. Consequently, an opportunity was lost to harness any synergistic effect from …
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