Committees

Food and Weight Management

Inquiry

The Committee is holding an inquiry into food and weight management, including treatments for obesity.

In 2022, 64% of adults in England were either overweight or living with obesity. In its 10-year health plan, the Government pledged to “launch a moonshot to end the obesity epidemic”. 

The Committee’s inquiry will investigate what public health interventions have been the most effective at reducing obesity and the consumption of less healthy foods, examining why existing policies relating to food and diet have seemingly not succeeded in reducing rates of obesity. 

The inquiry will also consider treatments offered to those who are living with obesity or excess weight, including the challenges and opportunities weight loss medications like Wegovy and Mounjaro present to the NHS and to individuals. It will consider how injections compare to other treatments and programmes, including cost-effectiveness.

The Committee invites written evidence from Thursday 17 July until 11.59pm on Thursday 28 August. The Committee is also keen to hear directly from individuals with lived experience of living with obesity and excess weight, encouraging anybody with experiences of managing their weight and/or accessing treatments to share their perspectives in its online survey.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:59pm on 28 August 2025.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Wednesday 3 June 2026
9:15am Private
9:30am Public
Food and Weight Management - Oral evidence 3 June 2026
9:30am
  • Sharon Hodgson MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • Natasha Burgon (Director of Health Improvement at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • Professor Aidan Fowler (National Director of Patient Safety and Deputy National Medical Director at NHS England)
  • Dr Clare Hambling (National Clinical Director for Diabetes and Obesity at NHS England)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 19 May 2026
1:20pm Private
1:30pm Public
Food and Weight Management - Oral evidence 19 May 2026
1:30pm
  • Colette Marshall (Chief Executive at Diabetes UK)
  • Professor Roy Taylor (Principal Investigator at DiRECT Study)
2:30pm
  • Dr Neil O'Brien (Chief Medical Officer at North East and North Cumbria ICB)
  • Dimitri Pournaras (Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgeon and Council Member at British Obesity and Metabolic Specialist Society (BOMSS))
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 25 March 2026
9:15am Private
9:30am Public
Food and Weight Management - Oral evidence 25 March 2026
9:30am
  • Claire Nevinson (Superintendent Pharmacist at Boots UK)
  • Dr Kieran Seyan (Chief Medical Officer at Pharmacy2U)
  • Dr Simon Doyle (Public Policy and Partnerships Lead at Eucalyptus (Juniper) at Coalition of Responsible Digital Health)
10:30am
  • Neha Ramaiya (Lead Clinical Advisor at General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC))
  • John Spoors (Programme Director for Commercial, Managed Access and Medicines Policy at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE))
  • Andy Morling (Deputy Director of Criminal Enforcement & Head of the Criminal Enforcement Unit at Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA))
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 25 February 2026
9:15am Private
9:30am Public
Food and Weight Management - Oral evidence 25 February 2026
9:30am
  • Professor Susan Jebb (Professor of Diet and Population Health at Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford)
  • Dr Claudia Coelho (Adult Centres for Obesity Management Lead at The Association for the Study of Obesity)
  • Dr Emily Pegg (Associate Vice President (Medical) at Lilly UK)
10:30am
  • Dr Kath McCullough (Special Adviser on Obesity at Royal College of Physicians)
  • Dr Munro Stewart (Vice Chair (Policy) at Royal College of General Practitioners)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Contact us

We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.

  • Email: hsccom@parliament.uk
  • Address: Health and Social Care Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA