Health Inequalities in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 13 November 2018.

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Photo of Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Asghar Conservative 1:55, 13 November 2018

First Minister, Merthyr Tydfil has the highest level of childhood obesity in Wales. Seventeen and a half per cent of children in Merthyr Tydfil are obese, more than double the figure of the Vale of Glamorgan. In the view of the fact that diabetes is the fastest growing health crisis in Wales, what action is the Welsh Government taking to target areas of high childhood obesity, such as Merthyr Tydfil, to reduce future pressures on the NHS in Wales, please?