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Obesity

Commons · Question 37358 · Tabled 11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

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

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 17 Mar 2025

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...