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Commons Chamber
NHS - Thu 23 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Steve Brine (Con - Winchester) will she please bang on remorselessly about the big drivers of ill health—smoking, alcohol addiction, obesity - Speech Link
2: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) mental health services, clinical trials, workforce morale, cancer care, innovative treatments, childhood obesity—whatever - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Healthy Start - Wed 22 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) By the time children start school, one in five is living with obesity. - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) children under five has stalled or declined across various measures, including infant mortality, childhood obesity - Speech Link
3: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) As officials confirmed to the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee on 7 May, we also have - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
People with Disabilities: Access to Services - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hughes of Stretford (Lab - Life peer) Another important factor is the failure to tackle serious public health problems, especially obesity. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Community Sports: Impact on Young People - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sater (Con - Life peer) It has more than proved its value since 2013.The rise in obesity rates in children and young people is - Speech Link
2: Lord Monks (Lab - Life peer) It is a key weapon against the burgeoning growth of obesity, which is a national crisis. - Speech Link
3: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) crisis”, “Almost half of cancer cases linked to obesity”. - Speech Link
4: Lord Shamash (Lab - Life peer) An article in the Times earlier this week highlighted the problems of obesity and its link to “record - Speech Link
5: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) In total, obesity costs the National Health Service around £6.5 billion a year. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Smartphones and Social Media: Children - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) believe a study was published just yesterday about the correlation between using a phone while eating and obesity - Speech Link
2: Ranil Jayawardena (Con - North East Hampshire) Child Health warns, excessive screen time can lead to a host of physical health problems too, including obesity - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Agriculture - Mon 13 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) We had a report out today talking about the cost of obesity. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Thu 09 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) difficult for children to see sweets at the counter, to reduce pester power and help protect them from obesity - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Free School Meals - Tue 07 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) and from the Association for Young People’s Health to Ofsted, showing that free school meals reduce obesity - Speech Link
2: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) found that families receiving free school meals were saving £37 a month per child and that childhood obesity - Speech Link
3: Zarah Sultana (Lab - Coventry South) They also have health benefits, improving nutrition and reducing obesity. - Speech Link
4: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) I was pleased to read that free school meals also reduce obesity. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Volunteers - Thu 02 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Jo Gideon (Con - Stoke-on-Trent Central) Examples include helping people to tackle obesity by signing them up to healthy activities, or loneliness - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage:s: 3rd sitting - Wed 01 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) We have already heard about asthma, chest infections and obesity. - Speech Link