| Heading: |
Obesity: Screening |
| Question ID: |
1811839 |
| UIN: |
59275 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-11 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5234 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Laurence Turner
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| Asking Member handle: |
larry_turner
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@larry_turner
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what sensitivity NHS BMI assessments allow for persons of mixed (a) South Asian and (b) non-South Asian heritage. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-19 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published guidance on the management of overweight and obesity. This specifies that a lower body mass index (BMI) threshold should be used as a practical measure of overweight and obesity fo... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |