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<p>We are delivering an ambitious programme of work to create a healthier environment
to help people achieve and maintain a healthy weight. New Regulations on out of home
calorie labelling for food sold in large businesses, including restaurants, cafes
and takeaways, came into force in April 2022. Restrictions on the promotion by location
of products high in fat, salt or sugar came into force in October 2022. We are also
working with the food industry to make further progress on reformulation and ensure
it is easier for the public to make healthier choices.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities
and the National Health Service provide weight management services to support their
communities to achieve and maintain a healthier weight. A two-year pilot backed by
up to £40 million will explore ways to make National Institute for Health and Care
Excellence approved weight loss drugs accessible to patients living with obesity outside
of hospital settings. This pilot, in conjunction with the obesity healthcare mission
and its additional £20 million of Government research funding, will work together
to create a continuum of support for the most promising technologies for the treatment
of obesity and ensure the United Kingdom is a world-class location to trial, pilot
and rollout innovation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to work on cross
Government strategies to help reduce inactivity levels in the population and help
address health issues arising from weight related conditions. We are working with
the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the new Sport Strategy, which will
include reducing inactivity levels and provide support for access to physical activity.
We are also working with the Department for Education on the School Sport and Activity
Action Plan to encourage more physical activity in children and young people in and
out of school and helping schools to become healthier places.</p><p> </p><p>The Department
has also worked on the Moving Healthcare Professionals Programme with Sport England
and NHS Horizons to help embed physical activity into the healthcare system and help
healthcare professionals provide physical activity advice to their patients in order
to assist them with maintaining a healthy weight and the prevention and management
of chronic conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Our Better Health resources including free evidence-based
apps and tools, support people to make and sustain changes to improve their health.
These include the NHS Weight Loss app, Food Scanner App, ‘Couch to 5K’ and ‘Active
10’. Since Summer 2020, over 13 million positive actions have been taken a result
of Better Health adult obesity campaigns, helping people eating more healthily and
increase physical activity. The Department is also currently running ‘Better Health:
Rewards in Wolverhampton’, a digital health incentives pilot that supports users to
improve their physical activity and diet through financial incentives<strong>.</strong></p><p>
</p><p>The Government encourages everyone to have a healthy balanced diet in line
with the UK’s healthy eating model, the Eatwell Guide, which shows that foods high
in saturated fat, salt or sugar should be eaten less often or in small amounts. The
Government continues to promote the Eatwell Guide principles through the NHS.UK, Better
Health and Healthier Families websites.</p><p> </p><p>Our Major Conditions Strategy
call for evidence, which closed 27 June, sought views on how the healthcare system
can support people to live healthier lives, including supporting them to achieve and
maintain a healthy weight.</p>
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