Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 89538

Obesity: Children

Tabled: 11 November 2025

Answered: 24 November 2025

Question

Dr Caroline Johnson

Conservative — Sleaford and North Hykeham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle obesity in children.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

It is shocking that the latest data from the National Child Measurement Programme showed the highest prevalence of obesity seen in reception age children in England since the programme began, excluding the 2020/21 pandemic peak.We recognise that preventio...

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