EPODE tackles childhood obesity in France

Derren Hayes
Monday, June 24, 2019

Latest data from the National Child Measurement Programme shows that in the 2017/18 academic year, 22.4 per cent of reception age school children in England were classified as overweight or obese, rising to 34.3 per cent for year 6 pupils.

EPODE takes a whole-system approach to get agencies to work together to identify and tackle the causes of childhood obesity. Picture: adrian_ilie825/Adobe Stock
EPODE takes a whole-system approach to get agencies to work together to identify and tackle the causes of childhood obesity. Picture: adrian_ilie825/Adobe Stock

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