Tackling Obesities: Future Choices – Visualising the Future: Scenarios to 2050

This report examines future scenarios for the UK from 2010 to 2050, focusing on the challenge of obesity and the potential responses to it. It explores how societal values, resource challenges, and responses to health issues may shape the future of obesity, considering the impact on overall population obesity, childhood obesity, and socioeconomic differences in obesity levels.

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The research method involved identifying key drivers of change, structuring scenarios around core uncertainties, and developing narratives for each scenario. Stakeholders from academia, government, and business contributed to workshops where they assessed the plausibility of scenarios, identified policy responses, and qualitatively scored potential changes in obesity trends relative to the present trajectory.

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The report presents four scenarios based on societal values and responses to resource challenges, analyzing the potential trajectories of obesity trends in the UK. It considers the role of the food sector, education, media, the built environment, transport, inequalities, and attitudes to health. The scenarios range from individual responsibility with long-term planning to social responsibility with short-term reactions, each with distinct implications for obesity levels and public health policy.

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Categories: English publication language | United Kingdom geographic scope | built environment | challenges | economy | education and information | food | food production and retail | future | health attitudes | healthcare | individual responsibility | key drivers | leadership | obesity | resource constraints | scenarios | science and technology | social responsibility | society | transport | values and behavior