LONDON — Britain must change what it eats and the way it produces food to stop “terrible damage” to people’s health and the environment, a government commissioned report said on Thursday, urging meals with more vegetables and fruit and less fat, sugar and salt.
Seeking to curb widespread obesity and protect the National Health Service (NHS), the National Food Strategy’s independent report calls for the introduction of a sugar and salt reformulation tax, with the revenue used to expand free school meals and support the diets of those living in deprived parts of Britain.
It said current eating habits are destroying the environment, which in turn threatens Britain’s foo…
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