The awards are designed to recognise excellence in weight management and to give a platform to the projects so that others may learn from their experiences. To this end we invited last years overall winner Helen Pittson of the Y W8? Project to update the conference on what winning the award meant. She explained that the recognition had generated considerable media attention but more importantly had ensured that that their project was now securely funded and this security had allowed them to develop the project further and widen access, allowing more families to benefit from their support.
This year winners were:
In the Physical Activity category Jill Cooper and her team from Get Active and Weight No More. A partnership project between Wear Valley District Council Leisure Services and South Durham and Darlington Nutrition and Dietetic Service. Email:-
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The Workplace category was won by Unichem Professional Services Meera Sharma and Richard Balcon for their fantastic community weight management service. Email:-
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Winner of the Childhood and Adolescent category was a superb project supporting obese children in a disadvantaged area of Leeds developed by Clare Wyke, Professor Mary Rudolf and their team at Watch It.
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The Community category which was the most hotly contested was won by Ms Jan Allen and Dr Marion Jennings for their excellent work at the Sunlight Centre Lifestyle Clinic, Kent. No email address available.
This year we were delighted to be able to offer an additional award of a Segmental Body Composition Analyser which was kindly donated by Tanita and the winner of this fabulous prize was the excellent SHINE project from Sheffield, which just continues to go from strength o strength. No email address available.
However their can only be one overall winner and this years winner of the National Obesity Forum Excellence in Weight Management 2007 was awarded to Clare Wyke and Professor Mary Rudolf and their team at Watch It. They impressed the judges with their innovation and thorough attention to detail. This robust multi disciplinary project provides and excellent example of a holistic approach to childhood obesity from a dedicated team and with limited resources.
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We applaud each and every project and would urge you to think about entering your project into the award for 2008.
Details of each project will be featured in our Spring News Review.
