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<p>The Government will provide the National Health Service with an extra £33.9 billion
a year by 2023/24 to help support the NHS Long Term Plan and ensure clinical commissioning
groups can commission child obesity treatment services across the country.</p><p>The
Long Term Plan sets out a number of actions to reduce obesity including investment
in tier 3 weight management services for children and adults and plans are in development
for its expansion. This will result in, for example, a further 1,000 children a year
being treated by 2022/23 for severe complications related to obesity.</p><p>The Long
Term Plan also commits to work with the professional bodies and universities to ensure
nutrition has a greater place in professional education training, making sure staff
on the frontline who are in contact with thousands of patients a year feel equipped
to talk to them about nutrition and achieving a healthy weight in an informed and
sensitive way.</p>
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