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Healthy weight, healthy futures: local government action to tackle childhood obesity COVER

Healthy weight, healthy futures: local government action to tackle childhood obesity

Childhood obesity is one of the biggest health challenges of the 21st century. At the start of primary school one in 10 children are obese and by the end, that has increased to one in five.

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Helping to support and transform the lives of people affected by drug and alcohol problems

Drinking and drug problems remain, sadly, all too common. While alcohol consumption is falling, too many adults still regularly consume more than they should.

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Improving eye health through community optical practice: a briefing for councils

This briefing describes the essential role community optics can play in helping to improve eye health specifically, as well as general health and wellbeing.

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Improving outcomes for children and families in the early years: a key role for health visiting services

These case studies demonstrate examples of innovation and how challenges were met.

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Improving the public's health: local government delivers

Improving the public's health: local government delivers

The changes to public health over the last six years should be seen as an exemplar of public sector reform.

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Increasing uptake for vaccinations: maximising the role of councils

Councils are not directly responsible for commissioning or delivering vaccine programmes but they are in a unique position to understand the health needs of their local population, and support vaccination services to reach them.

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Just what the doctor ordered

Just what the doctor ordered: social prescribing - a guide for local authorities

A set of case studies for local authorities.

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Public health transformation four years on

LGA Annual Public Health report – four years on

A compilation of case studies showing local authority progress.

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Local action towards a smoke-free future

Local action towards a smoke-free future

These case studies describe the efforts of local councils across England to improve health and wellbeing through tackling smoking.

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Loneliness and Covid

Loneliness, social isolation and COVID-19

The Local Government Association (LGA) and Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) have jointly produced this practical advice for Directors of Public Health and others leading the local response to the loneliness and social isolation issues arising from the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Make It Local

To deliver priorities for the public the Government needs to #MakeItLocal

Make It Local

By the start of 2025, we will have had a general election. This is a moment of opportunity.

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