Question reference: S6W-23790
- Asked by: Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 11 December 2023 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 4 January 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the quantitative impact will be of its current anti-obesity measures on reducing obesity rates, compared with the scenario in which no action is taken.
Answer
Addressing obesity is a priority for the Scottish Government, this financial year we have provided core funding of £8.25 million to health boards to deliver adult, children and young people’s weight management services.
The Scottish Government remains committed to taking forward the wide range of actions set out in our 2018 Diet and Healthy Weight Delivery Plan to deliver our vision for a Scotland where everyone eats well and has a healthy weight.
The quantitative impact of all policies is being tracked through our nationally representative survey on health. The latest results, for the year 2022, were published on 5 December 2023 on the Scottish Government website . Obesity rates were 29% for adults and 18% of children were at risk of obesity. Obesity rates have been measured annually in the Scottish Health Survey since 2008.