Health and Social Care Select Committee Inquiry into Food and Weight Management

In 2025, the Health and Social Care Select Committee held 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 investigated 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 also considered 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, and how injections compare to other treatments and programmes, including cost effectiveness.