HOOP UK has been established to be the voice of the obese person, to break down the stigma attached to obesity and working with partners, to affect change at a strategic level in the UK
We are a unique group of passionate people, including professionals, with the common aim to make the changes needed so that all children and adults struggling with obesity are given access to the services which are right for them.
Lesley McCormack – Founding Director
1 in 3 children and young people and 2 in 3 adults are overweight or obese. Read our exclusive report and key findings on the issue of obesity.
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Just over a year ago, Andrea Whiting weighed over 30 stone and struggled to walk, but after deciding to turn her life around through eating healthily and exercising daily, she is now 14 stone lighter and running the Great North Run (GNR) for UK charity HOOP. A civil servant of Leeds, 45 year old Andrea […]
In response to the Government’s childhood obesity strategy published yesterday, the national obesity charity HOOP UK says it not only worryingly falls short of all expectations, it fails to deliver a cohesive plan to help one third of children who are already struggling with obesity. A director and founder of HOOP, Lesley McCormack states on […]
