Obesity

(asked on 16th July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will support the research into whether obesity should be classified as a disease including the possible consequences of such a classification on NHS commissioning and other services.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 24th July 2018

There are no current plans for the Department to classify obesity as a disease.

We will be launching the seven consultations announced in ‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action, chapter 2’ before the end of 2018. We will consider all responses to the consultations before setting out the next steps.

‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action, chapter 2’ is available at the following link:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/childhood-obesity-a-plan-for-action-chapter-2

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