Committee Day: Obesity

BBC Parliament is filling two days of airtime with the hearings of the health committee's inquiry into obesity.

Parliament's fat fact finding inquiry began in June 2003 and has run into the new year with a total of 12 evidence sessions.

Over the past seven months the health committee has questioned a wide range of officials and experts from the fields of government, education, nutrition and the food industry.

Catch up with the following hearings on the hot potato of obesity:-

Obesity Inquiry schedule
12/06/03	Mike Ash, Deputy Director, Planning Directorate, ODPM	Broadcast 1000 GMT, 16 February
	Danila Armstrong, Acting Nutrition Programme Manager, DoH
	Imogen Sharp, Area Business Head, DoH
	Patricia Hayes, Head Charging & Local Transport Division, DfT
	Alec McGiven, Director of Sport, DCMS
	Mela Watts, Divisional Head, DfES
26/06/03	Prof Sir George Alberti, President, International Diabetes Federation	Broadcast 1225 GMT, 16 February
	Geof Rayner, Chair, UK Public Health Association
	Prof Julian Peto, Institute of Cancer Research
	Prof Hubert Lacey, Royal College of Psychiatrists
	Prof Jane Wardle, Health Behaviour Unit, UCL
	Dr Time Barrett, Consultant, Birmingham Childre
17/07/03	Prof Andrew Prentice, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	Broadcast 1440 GMT, 16 February
	Tim Lobstein, Food Commission
	Prof Adrienne Hardman, School of Sport, University of Loughborough
	Dr Susan Jebb, Head of Nutrition, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
	Dr Nick Wareham, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambs
18/09/03	Len Almond, Director, British Heart Foundation	Broadcast 1630 GMT, 16 February
	Jeanette Longfield, Coordinator, Sustain
	Paul Osborne, Director, Sustrans
	Kath Dalmeny, Research Officer, Food Commission
	Paul Lincoln, Chief Executive, National Heart Forum
30/10/03	Prof Marion Nestle, Chair of the Dept of Nutrition, New York University	Broadcast 1820 GMT, 16 February
06/11/03	Dr Alan Maryon Davies, Faculty of Health, Royal College of Physicians	Broadcast 1900 GMT, 16 February
	John Grimshaw, Exec Director & Chief Engineer, Sustrans
	Prof Chris Riddoch, Middlesex University
	Dr Sue Campbell, Chief Exec Youth Sport Trust & UK Sport
	Tom Franklin, Living Streets
13/11/03	Cilla Snowball, Chief Exec, Abbot Meads Vickers	Broadcast 2115 GMT, 16 February
	Bruce Haines, Group Chief Exec, Leo Burnett Ltd
	Andrew Brown, Director General, Advertising Association
27/11/03	Andrew Cosslett, Managing Director Europe & Africa, Cadbury Schweppes	Broadcast 2305 GMT, 16 February
	Julian Hilton-Johnson, Vice-President, McDonalds Restaurants Ltd
	Martin Glenn, President, PepsiCo UK
	Tim Mobsy, Area President, Kellog
04/12/03	Richard Ali, Director of Food Policy, British Retail Consortium	Broadcast 0130 GMT, 17 February
	David Croft, Head of Brand Technology, Co-op Ltd
	Susan Bromley, Development Marketing Manager, Co-op Ltd
	Penny Coates, Director of Private Label, Asda Stores Ltd
	David North, Director of Government Affairs, Tesco Plc
18/12/03	Dr Ian Campbell, Chair, National Obesity Forum	Broadcast 0400 GMT, 17 February
	Dr Colin Waine, Primary & Community Care, University of Sunderland
	Dr Nick Finer, Hon Consultant, Addenbrook
	Prof John Baxter, Prof of Surgery & Consultant, University of Wales, Swansea
	Dympna Pearson, Chair, Dieticians in Obesity Management (UK)
08/01/04	Sue Davies, Principal Policy Officer, Consumers Association	Broadcast 0830 GMT, 17 February
	Mike Rayner, Director, British Heart Foundation
15/01/04	Callton Young, Head Food & Drinks Industry Div, Defra	Broadcast 0725 GMT, 17 February
	Andrew Wadge, Director, Food Safety Policy, Food Standards Agency
	Tom Murray, Head Nutrition Division, Food Standards Agency
	Rosemary Hignett, Head Food Labelleing Standards Div, Food Standards Agency