The group, which includes Diabetes UK and the NCB, called for action by government departments, inspection agencies, local authorities, schools and industry.
It presented a raft of recommendations to children's minister Margaret Hodge, public health minister Melanie Johnson and culture secretary Tessa Jowell at a Commons Health Select Committee meeting last week.
It suggested annual monitoring of a sample of children for diet, activity and body size, and restrictions on the marketing of junk food and drink to children.
The recommendations follow a public debate on child obesity held by the Food Standards Agency last week.
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