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Infant Foods: Sugar

Commons · Question 43671 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Jas Athwal

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Public Health England's report entitled Commercial infant and baby food and drink: evidence review, published in June 2019, what steps he is taking to help tackle commercial baby

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 8 Apr 2025

Children’s early years provide an important foundation for their future health and strongly influence many aspects of wellbeing in later life.A 2019 evidence review showed that babies and young children are exceeding their energy intake requirement and ar...