Update:
Following the report鈥檚 publication, a new podcast series has been launched, entitled 鈥楿npacking the Evidence: fixing our broken food system鈥�. Over two episodes, the Committee Chair, Baroness Walmsley, takes listeners on a deep dive through the evidence presented to the Committee.
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Links to listen to the podcast 鈥� alongside further background information 鈥� are available . It is also available on all major podcast platforms and YouTube.
The House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee has today published its report .
The report finds that obesity and diet-related disease are a public health emergency that costs society billions each year in healthcare costs and lost productivity. It demands that the Government should develop a comprehensive, integrated long-term new strategy to fix our food system, underpinned by a new legislative framework.
The Food, Diet and Obesity Committee was appointed by the House of Lords in January 2024 to consider the role of foods, such as 鈥榰ltra-processed foods鈥�, and foods high in fat, salt and sugar, in a healthy diet and tackling obesity, with a remit to report by the end of November 2024. The Government will publish its response to the report within two months.
At the upcoming 黑料吃瓜 Conference, Kevin Whelan will deliver a very timely keynote lecture on ultra-processed foods and gastrointestinal disease.
