New $36 million statewide strategy to tackle rising obesity
Source: New South Wales. Minister for Health. Media release.
"NSW Minister for Health Reba Meagher today unveiled a $36 million statewide Obesity Strategy to tackle the rising incidence of overweight and obesity across NSW.
Key aspects of the NSW Health Obesity Strategy include:
A sustained statewide social marketing campaign promoting the importance of healthy eating and physical activity
Establishment of a NSW Get Healthy Advice Line - a telephone help line to provide information and coaching for people who have decided to make the change to a healthier lifestyle
A Parenting Program based on recent trials which showed good results in supporting parents of overweight and obese children
Establishment of an Obesity Prevention Research Centre as a world-class centre of excellence in overweight and obesity research and policy development
Specialised Medical and Surgical Clinics across NSW to provide multidisciplinary medical programs and bariatric surgery for those who are morbidly obese.
The Get Healthy Advice Line is the first of its kind to be implemented statewide in Australia."