Minister for Health Member for Farrer, NSW 517 Keiwa Street Albury NSW 2640 Dear Minister, I am writing to you to ask for your support in addressing the obesity epidemic in Australia. As a parent and a taxpayer I am deeply concerned that there is insufficient funding for obesity education in all our schools and a cap on funding to schools in NSW over the next three years. I respectfully ask you to help improve the quality of information available to my children so they can make healthy choices in regard to their nutrition. As it stands even after parent contributions are taken into account government schools are resourced at around 20% less than private schools and catholic schools. While the federal government has stated there will be no decrease in funding in the short term. I am seeking a commitment from you to restore the previous level of funding to government schools. Pleas raise our concerns with all the state ministers for health as I am sure you do not need to be convinced of the seriousness of the threat to our childrens health caused by obesity. Yours Sincerely