16 May 2018

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon met with chef and food campaigner Jamie Oliver whilst in London to discuss joint action to tackle child obesity and unhealthy eating.

She said:

Our guiding ambition is to halve child obesity in Scotland by 2030 and we’ll outline in our forthcoming Healthy Weight plan how we will develop the necessary actions to achieve this, and help everybody make healthy choices about food.”

Great to meet @NicolaSturgeon today at HQ. The @ScotGovFM has shown she cares about the health of Scotland's kids by committing to halving #ChildhoodObesity in the next 12 years. #AdEnough https://t.co/BDCwGYdgiA pic.twitter.com/zy4mmIQDrr

— Jamie Oliver (@jamieoliver) May 14, 2018

Also in London the First Minister spoke to an audience of business leaders at News UK before finishing her day at Reuters conferences speaking about Brexit.

Delighted to host this event at The News Building in London today with our colleagues from News Scotland. https://t.co/RYbd87V0NW

— News UK (@NewsUK) May 14, 2018

Scotland means business. FM @NicolaSturgeon addresses the City's business leaders at @NewsUK @thetimes @thetimesscot #ScotlandIsNow pic.twitter.com/OphLAh8TZ8

— First Minister (@ScotGovFM) May 14, 2018

The Scottish Question – Nicola Sturgeon shares her views on Brexit, Scottish independence, nationalism and the ban on Iron Bru at Thornberry golf course as interviewed by Alessandra Galloni #ReutersLive pic.twitter.com/EPMiFGY1Jc

— Vivienne Artz (@VivienneArtz) May 14, 2018