Obesity: Alcoholic Drinks
(asked on 25th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of potential links between alcohol and obesity.
This question was answered on 2nd July 2014
The Government's “Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A call to action on obesity in England”, October 2011, states that alcoholic drinks can be high in calories and contribute to the energy imbalance that can lead to being overweight and obesity. A copy of the document has already been placed in the Library.