Ultra-processed food is linked to obesity because it is high in fat, sugar and salt and is highly addictive. Some 64% of adults in England are either obese or overweight, as are 40% of 10 to 11-year-olds. That costs the NHS a staggering £6.5 billion per year. Please may we have a debate in Government time on the role of ultra-processed food in the obesity crisis?
Business of the House
Business question from
Suzanne Webb
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 6 July 2023.
It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.
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