The commitment was made during the Queen’s Speech earlier this week and will be introduced as part of the Health and Social Care Bill in April 2022.
CYP Now looks at measures set to be introduced to tackle childhood obesity:
Why is action needed?
More than one in three children aged 10 to 11, are overweight or living with obesity.
The number of children admitted to hospital for obesity and related conditions has quadrupled in the last decade.
Children in the most deprived parts of the country are more than twice as likely to be obese as their peers living in the richest area.
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