As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.
That this House notes with concern that around 25 per cent. of young people in the United Kingdom today are already overweight or obese, a level predicted by the International Obesity Task Force as likely to rise to 40 per cent. by 2010; further notes that a study published in the March 2006 edition of the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics and consistent with much other published data, suggests that teenagers who consume calorie-free soft drinks are likely to gain 1lb in weight less every month and be up to a stone lighter after a year than those drinking one can of higher calorie regular soft drink per day; and concludes that discouraging the consumption of high calorie sugar sweetened soft drinks and substituting with calorie-free or low calorie drinks which are attractive to children and meet their need for re-hydration and refreshment will make a massive contribution to the future health of children and reduce childhood obesity.