To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on implementing its childhood obesity strategy.
Answered on
21 March 2017
The Department’s childhood obesity plan, which launched in August last year, includes a number of measures such as the soft drinks industry levy, reformulation and school-based interventions which will help all children.
We will be monitoring progress carefully including through the National Child Measurement Programme and will routinely publish developments on the all key measures for the programme.
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Department of Health and Social Care
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