Conference materials will provided in advance, including speaker biographies, the speakers themselves will present via webcam, accompanied by slides, and there will opportunities for live delegate questions with all speakers.
It will be chaired by Baroness Jenkin of Kennington, who is vice chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity, and Sharon Hodgson MP, the new shadow minister for veterans.
Key areas for discussion include implementing the Childhood Obesity Plan, and in particular the challenges for nutrition in the early years and school, industry initiatives aimed at reducing the incidence, best practice in promoting healthy and sustainable attitudes to food and reducing childhood inequalities, and what more can be done to support children and families to reach and maintain a healthy weight.
The conference will also look at the Marmot Review, ten years on, asking what more can be done to reduce variation in access to nutritious food, and identify and support at-risk groups by placing health equity at the heart of policy, and the next steps for product reformulation and calorie labeling.
Speakers include Professor Maggie Rae, president of the Faculty of Public Health, Dr Maria Bryant, associate professor of diet and obesity at the University of Leeds and chair of the Association for the Study of Obesity, and Professor Paul Gately, professor of exercise and obesity at Leeds Beckett University and chief executive of MoreLife.
Also taking part will be Stephen Forster, chair of LACA; head teacher Tim Baker from Charlton Manor Primary School; Fran Bernhardt of Sustain; Kate Halliwell of UK diet and policy of the Food and Drink Federation; and Stephanie Wood of School Food Matters.