Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: I. Supporting families: a foundation for family help. Annual report of the Supporting Families programme 2023-2024. Incl. annex. 25p. II. Local Data Accelerator Fund: process evaluation. Incl. appendices. 97p.Found: Mental health and obesity were selected as crosscutting priority issues. 5.3.15.
Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: Over the next two decades, mental health and obesity are predicted to be key health issues facing
Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: Obesity: The UK faces a growing obesity problem, driven by factors such as sedentary lifestyles,
Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: Guardian 6 Health status - Infant mortality rates - OECD Data 7 RCPCH responds to latest childhood obesity
Mentions:
1: Navendu Mishra (Lab - Stockport) his point.Almost two thirds of adults are overweight or obese, and nearly four in 10 children with obesity - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) That is significant because one in four children with obesity are estimated to have fatty liver disease - Speech Link
3: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) It is an avoidable epidemic, which is being driven by obesity, alcohol and viral hepatitis. - Speech Link
4: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) This week, the Obesity journal published a study showing that almost 32,000 people achieved sustained - Speech Link
Asked by: Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle diet-related ill-health, including type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
We remain committed to promoting a healthy diet for adults and children and are delivering an ambitious programme of work to create a healthier environment to help people make healthy food choices to improve health and to tackle diet related ill health. There are a range of measures in place to support improving diets, promoting physical activity and reducing obesity.
Regulations on out of home calorie labelling for food sold in large businesses, including restaurants, cafes and takeaways, came into force in April 2022. Restrictions on the placement of products high in fat, sugar or salt in key selling locations, came into force on 1 October 2022. We will be implementing restrictions on the sale of less healthy products by volume price such as ‘3 for 2’ and will introduce restrictions on the advertising of less healthy products before 9pm on TV and paid for less healthy product advertising online from 1 October 2025.
We are working with the food industry to make further progress on reformulation and ensure it is easier for the public to make healthier choices. The Food Data Transparency Partnership will help enable and encourage food companies to voluntarily demonstrate progress on the healthiness of their sales.
The Government continues to promote the Eatwell Guide principles through the NHS.UK website and government social marketing campaigns such as Better Health Healthier Families and Start for Life. We are also supporting more than three million children through the Healthy Foods Schemes and helping schools boost physical activity to help children maintain a healthy weight and good overall health through the Primary School PE and Sport Premium and the School Games Organiser Network.
We are continuing to support local authorities to improve the uptake of the NHS Health Check, England's cardiovascular disease prevention programme. The NHS Health Check helps to prevent a range of conditions including heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Each year the programme engages over 1 million people and prevents around 400 heart attacks or strokes.