| Heading: |
Obesity: Cancer |
| Question ID: |
1814515 |
| UIN: |
61309 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5055 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Max Wilkinson
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| Asking Member handle: |
mpmwilko
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@mpmwilko
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has his Department has made of the potential impact of childhood obesity on risk of cancer. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
A specific assessment of a direct link between childhood obesity and the risk of cancer has not been made. However, there is evidence that children and adolescents living with obesity are more likely to remain living with obesity as adults. There is also ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |