MPs call for ban on fast food outlets opening near schools to tackle obesity

The UK Commons health committee is calling for a set of anti-obesity measures, citing a cost to the country of seventy-four billion pounds annually. They want to prevent fast food chains from opening near schools, ban junk food advertising from billboards and public transport, and force supermarkets to display fresh produce prominently. The Guardian reports the committee also wants all food to carry front-of-pack nutrition labels and is urging manufacturers to reveal what share of their sales come from healthy items—as the MPs push the government to stand firm against industry resistance to these proposals.

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