Obesity

Guidance and regulation

Adult weight management: short conversations with patients
- Guidance
- 1 March 2021
- Closed organisation: Public Health England
Health matters: obesity and the food environment
- Guidance
- 31 March 2017
- Closed organisation: Public Health England
Childhood obesity: applying All Our Health
- Guidance
- 7 April 2022
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
Adult obesity: applying All Our Health
- Guidance
- 11 February 2022
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
Promoting healthy weight in children, young people and families
- Guidance
- 16 November 2023
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities

Landmark collaboration with largest pharmaceutical company
- 14 October 2024
- Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Press release
Government backs new scheme to improve people's health in Wolverhampton
- 17 February 2023
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release
New obesity treatments and technology to save the NHS billions
- 27 November 2022
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release
Government delays restrictions on multibuy deals and advertising on TV and online
- 14 May 2022
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release
New calorie labelling rules come into force to improve nation’s health
- 6 April 2022
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release

Update to the Obesity Profile on Fingertips
- 8 May 2024
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
- Official statistics
Adult tier 2 weight management services final data for April 2021 to December 2022
- 23 November 2023
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
- Official statistics
National child measurement programme (NCMP): changes in the prevalence of child obesity between 2019 to 2020 and 2021 to 2022
- 15 June 2023
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
- Official statistics
Obesity Profile update: May 2023
- 3 May 2023
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
- Official statistics
Adult tier 2 weight management services provisional data for April 2021 to December 2022 (experimental statistics)
- 27 April 2023
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
- Official statistics

Updating the government buying standards for food and catering services (GBSF)
- 9 August 2021
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 14 August 2019
Restricting promotions of products high in fat, sugar and salt: enforcement
- 21 July 2021
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 23 February 2021
Restricting promotions of food and drink that is high in fat, sugar and salt
- 19 July 2021
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 07 April 2019
Total restriction of online advertising for products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS)
- 24 June 2021
- Department of Health and Social Care and Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 23 December 2020
Further advertising restrictions for products high in fat, salt and sugar
- 24 June 2021
- Department of Health and Social Care and Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 11 June 2019