Josh Fenton-Glynn

Josh Fenton-Glynn

Labour — Calder Valley

Speaking in the House of Commons on 12 November 2026

Debate

Tackling Obesity

Contribution

Taking part in this inquiry was eye-opening. It was interesting to see the Public Health Minister’s predecessor tell the Committee that we would treat obesity in future as a relapsing-remitting condition. I hope the current Minister will undertake to follow through on that so that we can update all our guidance. Does the hon. Member agree that central to the problem of how we treat obesity is that we see it as a one-time thing? Like a broken leg, it is treated once, the people lose the weight and then we let them go, with the result that too many people get GLP-1s without the support on diet and lifestyle that comes along with them, and they are not followed up on. Would it not make a lot more sense if the health service treated people in a person-centred way and helped them recover from this relapsing-remitting condition of obesity?

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