Nottingham's public health team say they want to commit to trying to tackle the city's obesity problem. A recent report found more than half of adults in Nottingham are overweight or obese, whilst NHS data shows the city has the highest number of children living with obesity in the East Midlands.
But Nottingham's public health director says people do not end up overweight just because they "really like food." Nottingham City Council says the number of fast food shops near the home and the skills that somebody has grown up with are among the challenges people face when it comes to healthy eating.
A Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Nottingham was adopted last year, which sees the city council work with partners such as the NHS on improving the health of people across the area. Smoking, financial wellbeing and people with multiple disadvantages such as homelessness and mental health issues are among the focuses of the strategy. The health team say they want to support the expansion of community supermarkets in the city
