Public Health: Prevention in Practice
- 24-11-2016
- 08:30 - 17:00
- Pendulum Hotel & Manchester Conference Centre
Jenny is the Campaign Manager at Action on Sugar, a charity that campaigns for sugar reduction through awareness raising and putting direct pressure on the government and food and drink industry to create a healthier food environment. Having completed an MSc in Nutrition at King’s College London and a Joint Honours Degree in English and Sports Science at Loughborough University, Jenny developed international child weight management programmes called MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it!) based on nutrition education, physical activity and behaviour change. Jenny has worked as a consultant for the NHS and, more recently, the Association for Nutrition to produce a Nutrition Competency Framework for the fitness and leisure sector, funded by Public Health England in response to their report Sugar Reduction: from evidence into action.