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Chief Medical Officer calls for extended sugar and salt bans

21st December 2018

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The country's Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies, wants a ban on adding sugar to baby food, and further taxes to cut the nation's salt and sugar intake. However, the real meat to the report is in looking to 2040, and trying to normalise healthy behaviours. This, in the longer-term is the key to resolving many of the negative consumption externalities associated with our eating and drinking habits.

Added sugar and salt should be dropped from all infant and baby snacks, says chief medical officerhttps://t.co/17CjLsbs2O
— The i Paper (@theipaper) December 21, 2018

A more equal, healthier society is within our grasp but we need to be brave, bold and seize the moment. My annual report looks at what can be achieved by 2040https://t.co/M5122Ahc4F
— Prof. Dame Sally Davies (@DameSallyDavies) December 21, 2018

DnaNudge is highlighted today in Prof. Dame Sally Davies’s 10th report as UK government’s Chief Medical Officer, examining what health could - and should - look like in 2040. Read the full report (we’re profiled in Chapter 11): https://t.co/bNW3EsN24F #HealthBy2040 #healthtech
— DnaNudge (@dnanudge) December 21, 2018

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Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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