The Obesity Health Alliance (OHA), which includes several PIF members, has published a Health Inequalities Position Statement.
The statement outlines the key evidence on the relationship between excess weight and inequalities in health outcomes for a range of different socio-economic groups.
It also explores the policy recommendations representing the most viable first steps to close these inequalities.
More than 50 health charities, campaign groups and medical royal colleges are part of the OHA, including PIF members.
The statement brings together key data on excess weight and health inequalities, including:
The OHA makes a series of recommendations to tackle these inequalities in three key areas: