Policy paper

Childhood obesity: time for action report – government response

The government’s response to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee report 'Childhood obesity: Time for action'.

From:: Department of Health and Social Care
Published: 30 January 2019

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Government response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee report 'Childhood obesity: Time for action'

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-0682-0, CP 23

PDF, 324 KB, 23 pages

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This command paper sets out the government’s response to the conclusions and recommendations in the Health and Social Care Select Committee’s report ‘Childhood obesity: Time for action’.

The committee’s report covered the following areas:

a whole systems approach
marketing and advertising
price promotions
early years and schools
takeaways
fiscal measures
labelling
support for children living with obesity

The government’s response addresses each of these areas.

Published 30 January 2019