Seems a crazy stat if true
Former health secretary Matt Hancock has also previously stated that if overweight adults lost five pounds in weight, it could save the NHS some £100m.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/15/tory-backlash-grows-over-delay-to-junk-food-tv-ad-ban
Tip of the iceberg
In 2014/15 the NHS spent £6.1 billion on treating obesity-related ill health, this is forecast to rise to £9.7 billion per year by 2050
Yeh £100m is tiny in the scheme of things but so is 5lbs
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Seems a crazy stat if true
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/15/tory-backlash-grows-over-delay-to-junk-food-tv-ad-ban