(c)As part of this new legislative framework, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) should be given oversight of the food system. When discussing the food industry, they say:The food industry bears major responsibility for the obesity public health emergency: The junk food cycle incentivises the food industry to develop and market unhealthy products through increasingly sophisticated techniques. The food industry should be expected to take action to break this negative cycle. While it may be appropriate to engage with industry regarding the practical application of food industry regulation once it has been decided upon, this must be subject to full transparency and clear rules of engagement. The cause of our problem is not that we do not have cures for obesity - as Wes Streeting would have it with his drug-based solutions - but that the food industry is poisoning us.

Source: The Guardian November 17, 2024 14:53 UTC