Social Policy - Obesity
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Social Policy A - Introduction I have been asked to produce a report on a health related problem within the UK. The problem that I have chosen to research is obesity. I am going to research obesity within all generations, how the government proposes to tackle the problem within the UK and how successful government policy is now. In a recent broadsheet newspaper, it has been said that Government policy to halt childhood obesity is, "poorly co-ordinated, confused and lack of clarity and forcefulness." In 2004 the Government set a target of 2010 to halt the year-on-year rise in obesity in children under 11, but there are still no ring-fenced funds nor any specific programme to bring this about, the Public Accounts Committee says in a scathing report. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2564349.html This shows that policy isn't too successful at the minute. If it continues like this who knows where the UK will end up in its fight against...

