British Heart Foundation: Tipping Point Report

Lord McColl of Dulwich Excerpts

Tuesday 8th November 2022 Lords Chamber

[Lord Markham (Con)]

The House will agree that we provide some very detailed information on excess deaths. That is quite sufficient at this time.

[Lord McColl of Dulwich (Con)]

My Lords, does the Minister agree that, when we talk about increasing mortality, there is a very obvious cause for this? Some 40 million people in this country are obese and moving inevitably to very premature deaths from a variety of very unpleasant diseases. This could be prevented if they had one fewer meal per day.

[Lord Markham (Con)]

My noble friend is referring to the healthy eating agenda, which we very much support. It is a key component of health and enjoyment of life. The more we can do in that department, the better. We have taken some very solid steps on sugary drinks and, more recently, on the product placement guidelines, to show that that is central to our beliefs.