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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Do you want to give us just a quick response to that, Katie?
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Sure, sure. Joyce.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Katie, you wanted to come in as well.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Thank you. Again, if any of the witnesses want to come in. Katie, please wave at the screen or something and I'll note you. Joyce Watson.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Did I see you wanted to come in, Katie? No, no, sorry. I beg your pardon. And Lisa, perhaps you can continue the conversation on this theme, but talk about the practical steps of implementing a food strategy or bringing about a food strategy and the timeline…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Thank you, Katie. I assume the other panel members are in agreement with everything you've said, and both panel members are nodding. Is there anything you can say further about what a food strategy would achieve?
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Thank you, Katie. Just tell us a little bit more about what that food strategy you talked about would—. What would be involved in that food strategy and what would it achieve, in your view?
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Lovely. Thank you for being with us. So, what does Food Policy Alliance Cymru do, and also what role can you play in helping to tackle the obesity challenges that we have? Who would like to address that—maybe Katie?
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Thank you.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Welcome back to the Health and Social Care Committee. This is our second evidence session to inform our inquiry into the prevention of ill health—obesity. We have three witnesses in our next session, and I’d be grateful if you could introduce yourselves for…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you. Thanks ever so much for your time and your paper in advance of the session this morning. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you. We'll take a six, seven minute break.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
I'd love to have time to talk more about this. If there is any information or other work that you've done that you could provide around good examples around Europe and the rest of the world, I'd be grateful for that.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Where are they?
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you, Mabon. In your paper you mention that no country has tackled the rise in obesity in adults. So, there will be good examples around the world. Is there any particular country that you can point to where is a good example that you can evidence or…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Okay. Sorry. Mabon ap Gwynfor.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Review of—?
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
I'm so sorry to ask for a short answer on that. I know it's a complicated area.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
I'm sorry to ask just for a quick response.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Jenny, you wanted to come in on this point.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
John, do you have any further questions, because Jenny wanted come in?
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
And what needs to happen?
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
That's good. Next question, John. [Laughter.]
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Sure. Thank you. John Griffiths.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you. Just to give some indication on time, we'll go over a little bit on this session, but even with that, we've just got 15 minutes left. Assuming Joyce has covered her subject areas, there are three subject areas left to cover: Jenny, and then John…
