Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 88731

Obesity

Tabled: 10 November 2025

Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Carolyn Harris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to recognise obesity as a disease.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Department does not recognise obesity as a disease.Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which the Government accepts and works to, focus on obesity as a complex but preventable public health issue. NICE does no...

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