National Childhood Obesity Week

EDM number 478 in 2010-12, proposed by Grahame Morris on 13/07/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Obesity.

That this House congratulates MEND and the National Obesity Forum on launching the inaugural National Childhood Obesity Week with the aim of improving understanding of childhood obesity issues and calling for more meaningful and rapid action to be taken to reduce levels of children beingoverweight and childhoodobesity; supports the continuing work of the NHS Change 4 Life initiative in encouraging children to have a healthier lifestyle; maintains that a clear and concise cross-governmental action plan is needed to produce a tangible reduction in child obesity levels; and calls on the Government to formulate this action plan specifically by including cost-effective, practical, evidence-based solutions in local communities and focusing on early intervention, addressing health inequalities and ultimately reducing the burdens on front-line NHS staff.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Grahame Morris	13/07/2010	Easington	Labour	Proposed
Phil Wilson	13/07/2010	Sedgefield	Labour	Seconded
George Howarth	13/07/2010	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Seconded
Ian Lavery	13/07/2010	Wansbeck	Labour	Seconded
Ian Mearns	13/07/2010	Gateshead	Labour	Seconded
John Cryer	13/07/2010	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Seconded
Tom Blenkinsop	13/07/2010	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	13/07/2010	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	13/07/2010	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Bob Russell	13/07/2010	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Elliott	14/07/2010	Sunderland Central	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	14/07/2010	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Pat Glass	14/07/2010	North West Durham	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/07/2010	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	14/07/2010	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	14/07/2010	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	14/07/2010	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
William McCrea	14/07/2010	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Glenda Jackson	14/07/2010	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	14/07/2010	Luton North	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	14/07/2010	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Adrian Sanders	14/07/2010	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	14/07/2010	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Eric Illsley	15/07/2010	Barnsley Central	Labour	Withdrawn
Jim Dobbin	15/07/2010	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	15/07/2010	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Kate Green	15/07/2010	Stretford and Urmston	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stephenson	19/07/2010	Pendle	Conservative	Signed
Katy Clark	19/07/2010	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	19/07/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	19/07/2010	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	20/07/2010	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	21/07/2010	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
David Tredinnick	21/07/2010	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Wayne David	22/07/2010	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	22/07/2010	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	27/07/2010	Halifax	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	06/09/2010	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Andrew Gwynne	06/09/2010	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	15/09/2010	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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