Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100509

Obesity: Children

Tabled: 16 December 2025

Answered: 14 January 2026

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of junk food advertising on childhood obesity.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

As set out in our 10-Year Health Plan for England, we are taking decisive action on the obesity crisis, easing the strain on our National Health Service and creating the healthiest generation of children ever. We have implemented United Kingdom-wide restr...

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