As part of the Healthway Fellowship Scheme, the Public Health Advocacy Institute hosted two visiting fellows from the UK - Jane Landon and Dr Tim Lobstein. During March and April they hosted a number of professional development seminars and workshops on their work and research into overweight and obesity. A copy of the report written by Dr Tim Lobstein while in Perth,  "Tackling the challenge of obesity", can be downloaded here. 


Slides from the workshop presentations held in Perth, Esperance and Geraldton can be viewed from the following links: 

Landon workshop presentation
Lobstein workshop presentation

About the PHAIWA Visiting Fellows:

Jane Landon: Deputy Chief Executive, National Heart Forum

 

Jane Landon is deputy chief executive of the National Heart Forum – a charitable alliance of national organisations in the UK dedicated to the prevention of avoidable chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease, through scientific review and public health policy development. She leads the NHF’s policy development work and has a special interest is food and health, and children’s nutrition in particular. Jane also chairs the board of trustees for the Food Commission – an independent watchdog organisation campaigning for safer, healthier food. She is on a number of advisory groups for the Department of Health, the Food Standards Agency and the European Commission, and is a regular participant in public debates and conferences on obesity, school meals, marketing to children and food labelling issues. In 2009, Jane was made a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, by distinction.

 

Dr Tim Lobstein: Director of Policy and Programmes, International Association for the Study of Obesity / International Obesity TaskForce

 Dr Tim Lobstein was appointed Director of Policy and Programmes in 2008 having worked for IASO and IOTF on child obesity and public policy issues for several years. Prior to this he was Director of an advocacy body, The UK Food Commission, and consultant on food and nutrition policy to the European Commission, the World Health Organization and several national and international government and non-government bodies. In 2006 Dr Lobstein was appointed Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex Science Policy Research Unit, and in 2008 became Rudd Visiting Fellow at Yale University, USA. Dr Lobstein is principal investigator of POLMARK, an internationally-funded study of influences on children’s diets, and STANMARK, an EU-funded project to develop international marketing standards for children’s food and beverages. He is also a work-package leader and adviser in eight European and US research projects.