Obesity strategy

That this House recognises the integral role that surgical weight management services can play in alleviating the numerous comorbidities that can arise as a result of obesity, including type 2 diabetes, heart failure and coronary artery disease; calls for an immediate assessment of the benefits of bariatric surgery as a means of lessening the most damaging implications of covid-19; and is concerned that the provision of such services has fallen behind other developed nations; and endorses their integration into the Government’s Obesity Strategy.