A Manifesto for Healthy Weight - our asks for Scottish MPs

The manifesto outlines our asks on healthy weight for Scottish MPs at Westminster. We have a huge opportunity to improve the UK’s health, tackle growing inequalities between our communities, enhance economic productivity and reduce long-term pressures on the NHS. We jointly call on all political parties to commit to taking bold, effective action to address the high levels of diet-related ill health in Scotland and the UK to transform our economy and society.

We are calling for action in 3 areas:

• Prioritise child health 
• Build on what works 
• Support devolved action

Key actions in each of these areas include renewing the UK Government's existing commitment to halve childhood obesity, alongside tangible measures to achieve this; deliver on existing policy commitments not yet implemented, particularly delayed plans to protect children from junk food advertising on TV and online; take an evidence informed approach to inform future policy decision-making; and support Scottish Government to deliver on commitments within their Diet and Healthy Weight Delivery Plan.