JO JEWELL

Jo is Head of Obesity Health Equity and Director of the Cities for Better Health programme, a global network of more than 45 cities and 300 partners working at the local level to prevent serious chronic disease through holistic approaches to promote healthy diets and physical activity. Jo’s experience includes time at UNICEF where he developed the first organisational strategy to address unhealthy diets and prevent childhood overweight and obesity. He led three global partnerships on UNICEF’s side for the childhood overweight and obesity prevention agenda. Before joining UNICEF, Jo worked at the WHO Regional Office for Europe, also with a focus on nutrition, physical activity and obesity. Prior to that he worked for the World Cancer Research Fund International. He has a MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

 

Thursday, June 27, 2024