Funding to address childhood obesity

06 December 2021 at 16:16:35

Eight projects working with young families to encourage good nutrition are being allocated funding by the Scottish Government as early intervention to reduce childhood obesity.

Among the initiatives is the Greater Glasgow and Clyde project 'Thrive Under 5' which will receive £269,344 towards a community food nurturing programme to help families of pre-school children in Glasgow's most deprived areas with food insecurity, healthy eating and physical activity.

The funding is part of the Scottish Government's aim to halve childhood obesity by 2030 and significantly reduce diet-related health inequalities.

As well as Thrive Under Five in Glasgow, other projects to receive funding are: Jump Start Tots in NHS Ayrshire and Arran, the HENRY Train the Trainer model in NHS Fife, NHS Lothian and NHS Grampian, an extension to the HENRY programme in NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles, and Little n Lively in NHS Lanarkshire,

The Scottish Government published the Diet and Healthy Weight Delivery Plan in July 2018 and the Programme for Government 2021-22 in September 2021.

https://www.gov.scot/news/funding-to-address-childhood-obesity/