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Obesity strategy

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1431: tabled on 02 February 2021

Tabled in the 2019-21 session.

This motion has been signed by 5 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House recognises the integral role that surgical weight management services can play in alleviating the numerous comorbidities that can arise as a result of obesity, including type 2 diabetes, heart failure and coronary artery disease; calls for an immediate assessment of the benefits of bariatric surgery as a means of lessening the most damaging implications of covid-19; and is concerned that the provision of such services has fallen behind other developed nations; and endorses their integration into the Government’s Obesity Strategy.