Obesity/Sedentary/Food choices: "For me this is the next big problem for the country".... " We are making a completely unaffordable healthcare system if we do not deal with this" but also "I think this is going to be harder than smoking to sort" Dame Una O'Brien #KFAnnual

"I think personal responsibility when it comes to obesity has almost ZERO role to play" ... "people will choose good food when it is affordable and available and harmful food is not marketed at them morning and night" @DoctorChrisVT #KFAnnual

@DoctorChrisVT The food industry and regulation of "Violent foods" : You cannot solve a problem that you are profiting from. You cannot profit from a problem you are trying to solve #KFAnnual

Dame Una O'Brien: (4) Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care - Interesting developments here ( (5) Staff morale (6) The biggest challenge to current govt is time, 4% of their term has already passed! #KFAnnual

@DoctorChrisVT at #KFannual @TheKingsFund 50-60% of UK diet is from ultraprocessed foods (foods with ingredients you wouldn't usually find in your kitchen). These are statistically related to obesity, T2DM, cancer, dementia and all-cause mortality.

@DoctorChrisVT at #KFannual @TheKingsFund Thresholds for traffic light food labelling are not in line with UK government dietary guidelines.

@DoctorChrisVT at #KFannual @TheKingsFund Obesity in children has increased by >700% in the last 30 years. Obesity is "commerciogenic" caused by availability and marketing of energy dense foods

@TheKingsFund @BarnardosHealth #KFAnnual

Have a look at our report about social prescribing for children and young people #KFAnnual @BarnardosHealth @TheKingsFund

Is your service meeting your needs as a healthcare professional? Or really meeting the needs of the children and young people you serve? Dr Nadeem Moghal #KFAnnual @BarnardosHealth

@BarnardosHealth child health equity framework co-produced with CYP, three ICSs, UCL and @MichaelMarmot an incredible piece of work leading to pilot projects in school readiness, social value and mental health. The magic of working together

“Children and young people need the same parity of esteem as adults” including for waiting list times- Patrick Vernon Birmingham and Solihull ICB #KFAnnual @BarnardosHealth

@BarnardosHealth understand children and poverty- Dr Nadeem Moghal. Working with Barnardo’s has helped give us a “jolt in the system” to focus on children young people and inequalities- Patrick Vernon Birmingham and Solihull NHS ICB #KFAnnual @BarnardosHealth @rukshanakapasi

Children are being crowded out @rukshanakapasi Children and young people “hardly feature at all” in most board meetings- Dr Nadeem Moghal #KFAnnual @BarnardosHealth

Recent Institute of fiscal studies report- children attending sure start centres (early intervention) had long term positive impacts up to and including their GCSE results. Early support matters! #KFAnnual @BarnardosHealth @rukshanakapasi

A majority of strategies have not considered children with long term needs and SEN. There has been an investment in acute services in children but we need that funding earlier on in the process #KFAnnual @BarnardosHealth @rukshanakapasi

Worsening needs and worsening inequalities. Why are childrens waiting lists growing so quickly? A child who waits 2 years for a neurodevelopmental assessment will struggle to make up that time and catch up. @rukshanakapasi #KFAnnual @BarnardosHealth

@rukshanakapasi We are becoming immune to the statistics around child health inequalities - behind each statistic is a young life not having the childhood they deserve #KFAnnual @BarnardosHealth