Question follow-through · 75947
Obesity: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the change in obesity rates has been among young adults in the last 10 years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the change in obesity rates has been among young adults in the last 10 years.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2025
Answer published
NHS England publishes data from the Health Survey for England (HSE) which collects data annually on measured height and weight of adults in England which is used to calculate the prevalence of obesity in the population.The following table shows the preval...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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