What Can We Do?

Having found that health policy has failed, tentatively, future approaches are suggested. Deprivation and poverty have the greatest influence on obesity and offer ways that government can help. As there is consistent evidence that the feeding pattern in the first years of life influences the risk of obesity when adult, changes in feeding when young may have an impact. Without doubt, there is strong motivation to control weight, although there is little understanding of how best it can be achieved. As such there is an opportunity to educate the public.