Question follow-through · 4183

Obesity: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle rising levels of obesity among people under 25 years old.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

About this written question

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 4 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 9 Sept 2024
Answer: 9 Sept 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

4 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle rising levels of obesity among people under 25 years old.
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2024
Answer published
Supporting people to stay healthier for longer is at the heart of the Government’s Health Mission. We face a childhood obesity crisis, and the Government will take action to tackle it head on, easing the strain on our National Health Service and creating ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Leukaemia: Research

9 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support research on (a) the causes of and (b) treatments for acute myeloid leukaemia.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Queen's Hospital Romford: Hospital Beds

9 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase bed capacity in Queen’s Hospital, Romford.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Antidepressants: Prescriptions

12 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to reduce prescriptions for anti-depressant medication.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Antidepressants: Prescriptions

12 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to publish guidance to GPs on reducing prescriptions for anti-depressant medication.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Antidepressants: Research

12 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide funding for medical research into alternatives to antidepressant medication.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Antidepressants: Side Effects

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Antidepressants: Side Effects

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Antidepressants

12 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish guidance for (a) GPs and (b) psychiatrists on (i) safely deprescribing and (ii) providing alternative medications for patients on antidepressant medications.

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Lung Cancer: Research

4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support research on (a) the causes of and (b) treatments for metastatic lung cancer.

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