Commons committee slates inaction on obesity

doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1335

BMJ 2004;328:1335 (5 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1335

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Commons committee slates inaction on obesity

Tiago Villanueva

BMJ

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Primary care trusts should improve the way they deal with obesity,says a report on obesity published by the House of Commons HealthCommittee.

Trusts have not been giving obesity as much priority as theyshould, says the committee, which also criticises the government'sperformance on obesity and the food industry for its role inencouraging bad eating habits.

In criticising primary care trusts for failing to tackle obesity,the report cites examples of GPs being asked by trusts to limittheir prescribing of drugs that have been approved by the NationalInstitute for Clinical Excellence for obesity, specialist obesityservices with closed waiting lists, and pioneering local projectsthreatened with closure because of lack of funding.

The report also recommends that primary care trusts press thegovernment to implement measures that will enable them to servetheir communities appropriately.

It says the government does not seem keen on committing . . . [Full text of this article]

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