It is time the government treated hunger and obesity as two interlinked problems | Letter

Theguardiantheguardian8 Nov 2026, 20:40 PKTvia NewsData.io

The cabinet committee the MPs want should become the delivery arm of a statutory right to adequate food, writes Prof Kent Buse of the World Obesity Federation Your report (UK government’s obesity plan ‘doomed to fail’, MPs warn, 30 October) arrives a fortnight after the Right to Food UK Commission asked the same prime minister for the same thing: a legal duty on government, a minister responsible for it, and an independent body reporting to parliament. Each report sees half the problem. The Health and Social Care Committee wants prevention and treatment run as separate workstreams, and stops a

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It is time the government treated hunger and obesity as two interlinked problems | Letter

It is time the government treated hunger and obesity as two interlinked problems | Letter

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