Tackling the Issue of Food Poverty and Childhood Nutrition at a Grassroots Level

21 Jun 2025
The Whittle

Dr James Fleming, will highlight how 40 local stakeholders have come together to address the issue of childhood nutrition, food poverty and obesity in Burnley in Lancashire.  With 21% of Year 6 children in the UK obese, 48% of children in some communities in the UK overweight and 17% of children in the UK experiencing food insecurity, they are coming up with practical solutions that will leave you inspired that change can happen and will be replicated throughout the whole country.

  

Speakers
James Fleming
Dr James Fleming, GP & Director the Green Dreams Project CIC, UK