SWEETENED TO DEATH –
Feb. 22, 2023 – The PHC is calling ‘upon the public, healthcare professionals and the Government to get behind efforts to recognise the harms of ultra-processed foods’, she said.
Tam Fry, chair of the National Obesity Forum, told MailOnline: ‘I trust the Collaboration will succeed in its demand.
‘If the WHO was to compare food addiction to substance abuse it might just frighten the UK Government into action on obesity.’
He added: ‘Ever since 1992, when the Conservative government launched the UK’s first public health policy, each successive government has fuelled the nation’s food addiction by failing to take on an industry which laces its products with enticing fat, sugar and salt at every opportunity.
‘Downing Street is repeatedly in thrall to manufacturers and refuses to impose restrictions on the practice.
‘The manufacturers know that from the earliest years, if you can hook your children’s taste buds with such ingredients you are likely to have customers for life.’
