Healthy Weight and Physical Activity
A North East Local Authority Healthy Weight and Physical Activity network, with specialist support from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).
North-East Children and Young People Healthy Weight Health Needs Assessment: February 2025
What action can be undertaken by local authorities within the North-East system to address childhood obesity?
This health needs assessment aims to understand what action can be undertaken by local authorities within the North-East system to address childhood obesity. It summarises the healthy weight needs of children and young people in the North-East and makes recommendations to support and enable change at a regional and local level.
Good Food Local North East
ADPH North East has partnered with Sustain to pilot the Good Food Local approach that will see our region work towards a more healthy and Sustainable food system
UK councils have an important role to play in creating a more healthy and sustainable food system so residents can access affordable, healthy and climate- and nature-friendly food.
For over 10 years, Sustain has mapped and reported on Greater London’s borough-level commitments to healthy and sustainable food through the Good Food for All Londoners annual survey and report. A hugely effective tool for improving good food practice and policy among London councils, the survey and report act as an incentive to make progress, while providing guidance and a supportive network to help them along the way.
Thanks to funding from Impact on Urban Health, we are pleased to say that we are now rolling out this approach in the North East and North Cumbria.
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North East Physical Activity Whole System Approach
The Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) North East Physical Activity and Healthy Weight network collaborated with strategic partners to better understand the physical activity landscape in the North-East. The collaboration included the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), Active Partnerships, Sport England and with representation from local authorities. The group agreed upon a sector led improvement approach (SLI) to physical activity using the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) Eight Investments That Work for Physical Activity (EITWFPA) as the framework for a ‘whole system approach’.
A “whole system approach” to physical activity means addressing the complex factors influencing people’s activity levels by considering and working across various interconnected systems like the environment, policies, communities, schools, workplaces, and healthcare, with the goal of making physical activity the norm by creating supportive environments for everyone to be active, rather than solely focusing on individual behaviour change alone.
Read our learning report to find out more about the North East Approach, contact details for further information and to access resources can be found at the end of the report.
