Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:58 pm on 27 March 2023.
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
Conservative
2:58,
27 March 2023
My Lords, one-quarter of two to 15 year-olds are obese or overweight. Despite Governments publishing 14 obesity strategies containing 689 policies between 1992 and 2020, the prevalence has not reduced. Does my noble friend accept that, unless radical changes are made to support healthier eating habits, the increasing rates of obesity and related diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer, are likely to break the NHS?