Havering Healthy Weight Strategy 2024-2029: Everybody's Business
Havering Council is currently discussing lobbying C2C to restrict unhealthy food advertising as part of its Healthy Weight Strategy.
Havering Council is set to lobby the nationalised rail company, C2C, to restrict advertising of unhealthy food on its trains and platforms. This move was suggested by Councillor Gillian Ford, Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Adults and Wellbeing, during a Health & Wellbeing Board meeting in July 2025.
The suggestion arose during a presentation of the annual report for the Havering Healthy Weight Strategy 2024-2029: Everybody's Business, which aims to address high rates of overweight and obesity in the borough. A report to the committee noted that in 2023/24, 38.4% of year 6 children were overweight or obese.
Key facts
- Havering Council is set to lobby C2C to restrict advertising of unhealthy food on its trains and platforms. Source
- The suggestion was made during a Health & Wellbeing Board meeting on July 30, 2025. Source
- Councillor Gillian Ford, Deputy Leader of the Council, suggested lobbying C2C. Source
- The Havering Healthy Weight Strategy 2024-2029 aims to address high rates of overweight and obesity. Source
- In 2023/24, 38.4% of year 6 children in Havering were overweight or obese. Source
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