The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 10th January 2024:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the economic costs of obesity in the UK, following the report Unhealthy Numbers: The Rising Cost of Obesity in the UK by Frontier Economics published on 21 November.
Lord Markham (Con, Department of Health & Social Care): In 2021, the annual economic cost of obesity in the United Kingdom was estimated to be £58 billion; this includes costs to the National Health Service, losses to the economy and reductions in the quality of life of people. The Department has not made a specific estimate following the report. This report’s estimate includes the cost of overweight as well as obesity.
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