Inquiry into Obesity and Type II Diabetes in New Zealand

Go to Sue's Press Release on this subject.
make a submission to the Health Select Committee

Green MP and Health Select Committee Chair is urging concerned people to make a submission on a comprehensive Inquiry, that the Health Select Committee is conducting, into Obesity and Type II Diabetes in New Zealand.

Submissions close 26th April 2006.

Sue Kedgley said it was important that as many people as possible make a submission on this important issue.

To read the Health Select Committee's press release go to www.clerk.parliament.govt.nz

Terms of Reference: Inquiry into Obesity and Type II Diabetes in New Zealand

The Health Committee has called for submissions on this inquiry. Further information can be obtained from the committee secretariat. The terms of reference for the inquiry are:

1. To examine the causative factors likely to be driving increases in obesity and type 2 diabetes, including nutrition and physical activity.
   
2. To identify the effects of obesity and type 2 diabetes on the health of both children and adults and across ethnic and socio-economic groups and potential future costs.
   
3. To inquire into the effectiveness, particularly for children, of current obesity prevention approaches and interventions including primary prevention and screening, information provision, education, physical activity and voluntary steps taken by the food industry.
   
4. To inquire into whether additional interventions aimed and changing features of the environment that promote obesity are required.
   
5. To consider what policy or legislative mechanisms, if any, should be used to give effect to any findings of the inquiry.
   
6. To report the inquiry's findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives.
   

Please forward 25 copies of your submission by Wednesday, 26 April 2006. If you wish to appear before the committee, state this clearly with your submission, providing a contact name and daytime phone number. Submissions to select committees generally become public. Please contact the committee secretariat before sending information of a private or personal nature.

For further guidance on making a submission, click here: Making a Submission to a Parliamentary Select Committee