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Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Thursday, 22 March 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 March 2012. It was answered by Anne Milton (Conservative) on Monday, 16 April 2012 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Diets

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost of poor diets to the NHS.
Answer

The latest estimate of the cost of poor diet was made by Scarborough and colleagues (2011) in their paper, 'The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006-07 NHS costs'. This analysis showed that poor diet related health cost the NHS £5.8 billion in 2006-07.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
102141; 543 c104W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Costs Diets
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk