IfG says Labour and Conservative governments have shied away from addressing subject seen as a minefield
- Timeline: UK governments’ approaches to obesity
Fears of “nanny statism” have led to a failure by every UK government of the last 30 years to tackle the obesity crisis, a report claims, as it emerged that the condition now costs the NHS £6.5bn a year.
Labour and Conservative governments have displayed a similar reluctance to get too closely involved in a subject widely seen as a minefield, according to the Institute for Government (IfG).
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