Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 31606

Nutrition

Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 28 February 2025

Question

Shockat Adam

IndependentLeicester South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of poor dietary health on the UK economy.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Government recognises that poor diet and obesity are major drivers of physical and mental ill health and early mortality. Ill health leads to increased sickness absence and early death which reduces workforce productivity, putting a burden on business...

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