Debate on Thursday, 7 January 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Pendry. The answering member was Baroness Thornton.

Health: Obesity

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the progress made in combating obesity among young people. Motion withdrawn.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 716 c246-76
Session: 2009-10
Department: Department of Health
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Pendry | 716 c246-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to have secured this debate today, as the level of child obesity is unaccepta...; Lord Pendry | 716 c246 (Link to this contribution) Moved By To call attention to the progress made in combating obesity among young people; and to mo...; Bishop of Bradford | 716 c254-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Pendry, for calling for this debate on childhood obesity. You...; Baroness Walmsley | 716 c250-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is only one cause of obesity and that is taking in more calories than you use up. Fo...; Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 716 c250 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on managing to make his speech in spite of his obvious diff...; Lord Rosser | 716 c259-61 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lord Pendry for enabling us to have this debate. As my noble...; Lord Giddens | 716 c256-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by congratulating my noble friend Lord Pendry on initiating this debate. I commend...; Lord Addington | 716 c274 (Link to this contribution) What I am really calling for is a government analysis of the best way forward in the various fields ...; Baroness Thornton | 716 c268-74 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend for raising this important issue and congratulate him and other no...; Earl Howe | 716 c265-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Pendry, deserves our thanks for giving us the opportunity to debate t...; Lord Moynihan | 716 c274 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way, but how would the Government know the number of ...; Baroness Thornton | 716 c274 (Link to this contribution) I take the noble Lord’s point about the need to monitor and assess these activities to see which is ...; Lord Pendry | 716 c275-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank everybody for participating in this debate. I am glad that my throat virus d...; Baroness Thornton | 716 c274-5 (Link to this contribution) The point I am making is that if you are not even counting the number of playing fields that are bei...; Lord Addington | 716 c262-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is one of those debates when we have a lot of old friends and a lot of themes that oc...; Lord Moynihan | 716 c261-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for this opportunity to contribute to this debate by speaking in the gap. I ...
Subjects: Children Advertising Food Labelling Health education Parents Nutrition Physical education Obesity Schools Young people School meals Sports Exercise Food technology
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Health: Obesity

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