United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 73602
Obesity: Children
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29 August 2025
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4 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of using Body Mass Index as a way of measuring childhood obesity through the National Child Measurement Programme.
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29 August 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of using Body Mass Index as a way of measuring childhood obesity through the National Child Measurement Programme.
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4 September 2025
Answer
In January 2025, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) reviewed evidence and assessed the most accurate methods for identifying childhood obesity and thresholds for predicting the risk associated with overweight and obesity. They re...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/73602
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1830359
- uk · wq-1830359 · source updated 4 September 2025