The Nanny

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Snacking should be forbidden on Public Transport and additional taxes placed on unhealthy foods to fight obesity in children, England , says outgoing chief medical officer.

In your last report, as the CMO, Dame Sally Davies , called for even stricter rules for advertising and takeaways.

you said That the children needed more help than they are "drowning in a flood" of unhealthy options.

If the Minister were not fat," she added, they would fail nature cut obesity.

A target to halve the prices until 2030 has been set.

Dame Sally said: "The unavoidable fact is That over time our environment has become very unhealthy, to realize without us.

"Our Children are now suffering from painful, potentially shortening the life of the disease.

"Our politicians need to be brave and help all to embrace healthier choices in life. "

The obesity 'crisis'

The proportion of obese and Overweight Children has doubled in the last 30 years.

Today, around a third are overweight or obese, which is considered by the age of 11 years in England - with a minority, but growing number, as the severely obese.

The problem is particularly acute in the case of the Girls - in which the United Kingdom has one of the highest rates in The World .

There are signs the increase has begun, the off-level, but among The Most disadvantaged communities and the rates are always more to life,

children in the poorest tenth of areas are More Than twice as likely to be overweight than those in the Empire.

obesity increases The Risk of a number of diseases from cancer and heart disease to diabetes.

In fact, until recently, type two diabetes as an adult problem, but now there are More Than 100 new cases per year in children.

What needs to be done?

Dame Sally has proposed a wide range of measures. Some are about the expansion of the existing directives, while others are completely new.

they include:

Why stop people eating on buses and trains?

The Most eye-catching announcement is the planned prohibition of eating and drinking in Public Transport .

This is clearly directed at children, which is applied on the way to and from school, and only then, with Public Transport - trains, buses, trams and U-Bahn networks.

Inter-city trains with buffet cars are not covered, the CMO said.

The idea is to discourage snacking.

The ban also applies to adults - you want them to model good behavior to children.

And you are suggesting, there are exceptions for people to eat or to drink, because they have medical conditions That require you to.

breast-feeding would be allowed, while everyone is able to drink water.

the Tax

Dame Sally help Tax said was an important lever for the Minister.

she highlighted the success of sugar Tax - a levy That was applied to sugar-containing drinks since last year.

the Figures published last month showed That reducing consumption of sugar to More Than a fifth by a combination of people, choosing a lower sugar and beverage industry, the sugar content of the products change.

The Fall came despite an increase in revenues and means the equivalent of 30,000 tons of sugar per year from The Nation ' diet.

to cover But lady Sally wants to go to the government, through the extension of the control, milk-based drinks.

she also wants to be some anomalies in the VAT system started.

food is not taxed in the rule, but some unhealthy are, add 20% to The Price .

It means That a gingerbread man with chocolate is subject to coated pants of the VAT, but not if it's just chocolate eyes.

cakes, pancakes and corn chips are zero rated, but chocolate, biscuits, muesli bars and Chips are not.

As the advertising market

distort Unhealthy foods are a Big Business for the advertisers.

Around £300 in the year is attributable to the promotion of soft drinks, confectionery and sweet and savoury snacks - this is almost half of the total expenditure on food and beverage advertising.

in comparison, only £16m on fruit and vegetables.

There are already restrictions on junk-food advertising on TV and online.

want to go to lady Sally, and calls for a complete ban on unhealthy food and beverage advertising.

What are the chances That these steps will be introduced?

The government in England published its last in the year 2018. The Goal is to halve the prices until 2030.

None of the headline measures, Dame Sally are a part of the current measures.

health Secretary to Matt Hancock , The Work of the outgoing CMO, said praised, they have done "more to promote each other, the health of The Nation " in the last ten years.

He said the Minister's study would be the recommendations "closely".

But there are doubts about how a Reform-it is government under Boris Johnson in this area.

He already has control expressed skepticism about the so-called sin, such as the sugar Tax , although a strategy paper published shortly before he became Prime Minister , did suggest That the sugar levy can be extended to the milk-based drinks.

Both Wales and Scotland are overweight plans have been published in the last few years, but none of them were as radical as lady Sally's suggestions.

But she has still received the support of health experts.

Sally Warren, The King 's Fund think-tank, said:" The government should have full use of all leverage available to the obesity the fight against.

"Some politicians shy away from the idea of the "nanny state", but the research suggests That this type can enjoy the intervention, greater public support, as they expect it often. "

Professor Dame Parveen Kumar , of The British Medical Association, said the government would not be left "in the lurch" children, to act when it.

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Source of news: bbc.com