Select Committee · Health and Social Care Committee
Food and Weight Management
Status: Open
Opened: 17 Jul 2025
The Committee is holding an inquiry into food and weight management, including treatments for obesity. In 2022, 64% of adults in England were either overweight or living with obesity. In its 10-year health plan, the Government pledged to “launch a moonshot to end the obesity epidemic”. The Committee’s inquiry will investigate what public health interventions …
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2026 | Colette Marshall · Diabetes UK, Dimitri Pournaras · British Obesity and Metabolic Specialist Society (BOMSS), Dr Neil O'Brien · North East and North Cumbria ICB, Professor Roy Taylor · DiRECT Study | View ↗ |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Andy Morling · Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Claire Nevinson · Boots UK, Dr Kieran Seyan · Pharmacy2U, Dr Simon Doyle · Coalition of Responsible Digital Health, John Spoors · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Neha Ramaiya · General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) | View ↗ |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Dr Claudia Coelho · The Association for the Study of Obesity, Dr Emily Pegg · Lilly UK, Dr Kath McCullough · Royal College of Physicians, Dr Munro Stewart · Royal College of General Practitioners, Professor Susan Jebb · Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford | View ↗ |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Beth Fowler · Asda, Liz Fox · aldi, Nilani Sritharan · Sainsbury’s, Oonagh Turnbull · Tesco | View ↗ |
| 3 Dec 2025 | Jim Cathcart · UKHospitality, Kate Halliwell · Food and Drink Federation | View ↗ |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Dr Kawther Hashem · Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University London, Katharine Jenner · Obesity Health Alliance, Lauren Bowes Byatt · Nesta, Michael Baber · Health Action Research Group, Nika Pajda · Bite Back, Professor Christina Vogel · Centre for Food Policy, City St George's, University of London, Professor Chris van Tulleken · University College London | View ↗ |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Alice · Bite Back, Alice Wiseman · Association of Directors of Public Health, Anna Taylor · Food Foundation, Corin Bell · Alexandra Rose Charity, Evette · Food Foundation, Helen Gollins · Greater Manchester Public Health Network, Jayda · Bite Back | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr 2026 | — | Correspondence from the MHRA- Follow up from 25 March session |
| 25 Mar 2026 | — | Correspondence from Sainsbury’s- Follow up from 28 Jan session |
| 11 Mar 2026 | — | Correspondence from Tesco- Follow up on 28 Jan session |
| 11 Mar 2026 | — | Correspondence from Aldi- Follow up on 28 Jan session |
| 11 Mar 2026 | — | Correspondence form Asda- Follow up on 28 Jan session |
| 25 Feb 2026 | — | Correspondence from the Food and Drink Federation- follow up from 3 December se… |
| 4 Feb 2026 | — | Correspondence from the Minister of State for Health - UK Nutrient Profiling Mo… |
| 4 Feb 2026 | — | Correspondence from Domino's - Right to Reply |
| 28 Jan 2026 | — | Correspondence from Advertising Standards Authority- Update on weight loss pres… |
| 21 Jan 2026 | — | Correspondence from UK Hospitality- Follow up from 3 Dec session |
| 17 Dec 2025 | — | Correspondence from the Advertising Standards Authority- Tackling misleading he… |
| 26 Nov 2025 | — | Correspondence from KFC re Right to reply following 15 Oct session |
| 19 Nov 2025 | — | Correspondence from Asda re Food and Weight Management Inquiry |
| 12 Nov 2025 | — | Correspondence from Global re right to reply following 8 October evidence sessi… |
| 15 Oct 2025 | — | Correspondence from Minister Dalton re Food and drink advertising regulations |