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Obesity |
| Question ID: |
1818046 |
| UIN: |
HL8948 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4282 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of people who are obese; what estimate they have made of the costs of obesity to the economy and society; and what action they are taking to combat obesity and reduce the number |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-11 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
Using the latest Health Survey for England estimates from 2022, and the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) population estimates for England, we estimate that in 2022, approximately 13.5 million adults, or 28.9% of England’s population, were livin... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |