Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 31606
Nutrition
Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 28 February 2025
Question
Shockat Adam
Independent — Leicester 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 DaltonThe 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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