Policy paper

Tackling obesity: government strategy

Sets out the actions the government will take to tackle obesity and help adults and children to live healthier lives.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 27 July 2020

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives

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We have known for decades that living with obesity reduces life expectancy and increases the chance of serious diseases such as cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. In the last few months we have seen that excess weight puts individuals at risk of worse outcomes from coronavirus (COVID-19).

This publication outlines actions the government will take to tackle obesity and help adults and children to live healthier lives.

Published 27 July 2020