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# TITLE: Is the government failing to tackle child obesity? [c7731f08145690c8b6d386c4ac1b7e07]
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# PUBLICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# MODIFICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# NUMBER ALTERNATIVES: 4
# NUMBER VOTERS: 5
# NUMBER UNIQUE ORDERS: 5
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 1: Statement 1 - The government has been slow to act on child obesity and in many ways is still failing to act. This is largely due to the lobbying power of big business and think tanks like the Institute of Economic Affairs. The government should demand that schools ensure their pupils are more active and take part in meaningful physical education. Also, the government should be more active in its efforts to crack down on the advertising of harmful snacks to children. Finally, the government should not just add sugar taxes to products but should rather provide more help in the form of vouchers towards salads/vegetables and even vouchers for children's gym access.  Comments: The consensus statement successfully takes into account all of the opinions expressed by participants. It does not seem to have taken into account the critiques of the draft consensus statement however.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 2: Statement 2 - Child obesity is an increasing problem in the UK. The government has been slow to act and in many ways is still failing to act. This is largely due to the lobbying power of big business and think tanks like the Institute of Economic Affairs. The government should demand that schools ensure their pupils are more active and take part in meaningful physical education. Also, the government should be more active in its efforts to crack down on the advertising of harmful snacks to children. Finally, the government should not just add sugar taxes to products but should rather provide more help in the form of vouchers towards salads/vegetables and even vouchers for children's gym access. Furthermore, it should provide more funding for children's sports facilities to be used outside of school time, thus providing the opportunity for children to be active when school is not in session.  Participant Statements on Priorities Ranking Scale: 0 = Very important, 1 = Important, 2 = Important but not urgent, 3 = Not important The government should take an active role in lowering childhood obesity Participant 1: 0 Participant 2: 0 Participant 3: 0 Participant 4: 0 Participant 5: 0 The government should put more resources
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 3: Statement 3 - The government has been slow to act on child obesity and in many ways is still failing to act. This is largely due to the lobbying power of big business and think tanks like the Institute of Economic Affairs. The government should demand that schools ensure their pupils are more active and take part in meaningful physical education. Also, the government should be more active in its efforts to crack down on the advertising of harmful snacks to children. Finally, the government should not just add sugar taxes to products but should rather provide more help in the form of vouchers towards salads/vegetables and even vouchers for children's gym access.  Final average priority ranking: Physical health (1), Education (2), Mental health (3), Food quality (4), General well-being (5)
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 4: Statement 4 - The government has been slow to act on child obesity and in many ways is still failing to act. This is largely due to the lobbying power of big business and think tanks like the Institute of Economic Affairs. The government should demand that schools ensure their pupils are more active and take part in meaningful physical education. Also, the government should be more active in its efforts to crack down on the advertising of harmful snacks to children. Finally, the government should not just add sugar taxes to products but should rather provide more help in the form of vouchers towards salads/vegetables and even vouchers for children's gym access.
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