Obesity

(asked on 26th June 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what were the circumstances under which the NHS body mass index calculator was taken offline from March until earlier this month.


Answered by
Lord Markham Portrait
Lord Markham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 12th July 2023

The National Health Service body mass index (BMI) calculator was temporarily removed from the NHS.UK website on 29 March 2023 due to the requirement to update the disclaimer and to remove the physical activity and calorie information which was no longer in line with latest health guidance. The BMI calculator, without the physical activity and calorie information, was made available again on 30 May 2023.

A new version of the BMI calculator is being developed to reflect the latest health guidance. A first release is expected to be available by November 2023.

Information about physical activity and guidance about eating a healthy, balanced diet continues to be available on the NHS.UK website.

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