Programme

Session 1: School food environments
Can the environment in and around schools support a healthy diet?

1. Dr Flo Harrison, Career Development Fellow, University of East Anglia & CEDAR
2. Malcolm Clark, Co-ordinator, Children’s Food Campaign 
3. Open discussion – implications for research, policy and knowledge exchange

Chair: Dr John Battersby, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health England.

Session 2: Takeaways, diet and health
Is the proliferation of takeaway food outlets contributing to unhealthy diet and obesity?

1. Dr Thomas Burgoine, Career Development Fellow, University of Cambridge & CEDAR
2. Peter Wright, Environmental Health and Trading Standards Manager, Gateshead Council
3. Open discussion – implications for research, policy and knowledge exchange

Chair: Alison Tedstone, Director of Diet and Obesity / Chief Nutritionist, Public Health England

Keynote – Prof Martin White,  Lead for Research in Dietary Behaviours and Public Health Interventions, CEDAR, University of Cambridge

1. Prof Steven Cummins, Professor of Population Health & NIHR Senior Fellow, LSHTM
2. Mark Plummer, Team Leader, Planning for Housing, Department for Communities and Local Government
3. Open discussion – implications for research, policy and knowledge exchange

Chair: Prof Nick Wareham, CEDAR Director

15.40

Tea and networking

Attendees will be welcome to stay on after 4pm to continue the discussion.