Written questions

Infant Foods: Nutrition

Commons · Question 9897 · Tabled 17 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 23 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had on the impact of the nutritional labelling and packaging of infant and baby products on children's dietary health and consumption of excess (a) sugar, (b) sa

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 23 Oct 2024

We face a childhood obesity crisis, and the Government is committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever. The Department speaks with many stakeholders about its policies to improve the diets and associated public health outcomes for the p...