Mon, Jul-20-20, 02:06
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Plan: Muscle Centric
Stats: 238/153/160
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Progress: 109%
Location: UK
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‘Junk food is the new tobacco’
‘Junk food is the new tobacco’: experts call for restrictions to tackle obesity
Scientists and health campaigners want bans on outlets near schools and an advertising watershed
https://www.theguardian.com/society...-tackle-obesity
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Ministers should regulate processed food as heavily as tobacco to tackle the “massive national challenge” of the UK’s obesity crisis, health experts have warned.
They have urged severe restrictions on supermarket promotions of processed foods, and bans on fast food outlets near schools, and TV adverts for pizzas, burgers and similar foods before 9pm. One campaign group even urged the government to consider plain packaging for processed food.
The calls come as Boris Johnson prepares to unveil a “war on obesity”, after weight was identified as a major factor in deaths from Covid-19. In England, 64% of adults are overweight or obese and Johnson has said his time in intensive care after contracting the virus – when he weighed more than 17 stone – has changed his “libertarian” views on food and obesity.
The government is now preparing measures – likely to be announced before the end of the month – to tackle obesity in Britain before a possible second wave of coronavirus infections.
A range of health experts told the Observer that every possible method of tackling the crisis should be included in the package.
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