Obesity

(asked on 1st September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential role hydration may play in tackling obesity.


Answered by
Neil O'Brien Portrait
Neil O'Brien
This question was answered on 5th September 2023

There has been no specific assessment. Government advice on a healthy, balanced diet is encapsulated in the United Kingdom’s national food model, the Eatwell Guide. This recommends that people should aim to drink six to eight cups or glasses of fluid a day.

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