Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department will publish a strategy for tackling obesity in adults.

We launched ‘Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action’ in August. Key and bold measures in our plan will have an impact on tackling obesity across all age groups. These include the soft drinks industry levy and sugar reduction programme, which will reduce the amount of sugar we all consume.

Other measures already in place include the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, which identifies those at high risk of developing diabetes and provides tailored, personalised help to reduce that risk including education on healthy eating and lifestyle and bespoke physical exercise programmes to tackle excess weight, and Public Health England’s 'One You' marketing campaign, which engages adults in healthier behaviours including better eating habits and increasing physical activity.