The week of campaigning and lobbying will start on 5 July and has beenorganised by the National Obesity Forum (NOF) and Mend, which providesafter-school healthy lifestyle programmes for children.
It will urge the government to set out a clear plan of action and newtargets regarding childhood obesity. Mend will also stage physicalactivity events in the 350 areas where it runs its afterschoolprogrammes.
NOF board member Tam Fry said: "The week must act as a prompt for thenew coalition government to take urgent action to tackle the childobesity crisis and reverse existing trends that are severely damagingthe health of our nation's children."
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