Chronic disease attributable to food

This report provides an estimate of the food-related cost of chronic disease, caused by the current food system. It concludes that £268 billion is the food-related cost of chronic disease in the UK – calculated by combining health care (£67.5 billion), social care (£14.3 billion), welfare (£10.1 billion), productivity (£116.4 billion) and human costs (£60 billion) of chronic disease attributable to the current food ecosystem. The report argues for enshrining the right to healthy food into law, establishing leadership for food across government, regulating the food environment and rebalancing power, and redirecting money towards a healthier, greener, fairer and more resilient new food economy.