The Public Health England report on action to reduce sugar consumption has at final been published,and there’s no hiding dwelling for policymakersThe report from Public Health England on sugar reduction that the health secretary has been refusing to publish is finally out in the open, and it is easy to see why Jeremy Hunt apparently preferred to keep it dark. “This is too serious a problem to be solved by approaches that rely only on individuals changing their behaviour in response to health education and marketing, or concludes the diet and obesity committee of PHE,“or the better provision of information on our food. The environmental drivers of destitute diets we face are just too big.” This is a call to action, from an independent public body, or that any government ignores at its peril. Related: Public Health England obesity report: the key points Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com