Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 37358

Obesity

Tabled: 11 March 2025
Answered: 17 March 2025

Question

Max Wilkinson

Liberal DemocratCheltenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) structural and (b) social causes of obesity.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Obesity is a complex public health issue with multiple interacting factors impacting over a life course. Genetic and physiological factors, growth and development early in life, eating and physical activity behaviours, individual beliefs and attitudes and...

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