Hard-hitting warning labels should be on everyday food, say campaigners

The British Heart Foundation has proposed further labels on foodstuffs in the form of warning labels as used on tobacco products. Photograph: Imagesbybarbara/Getty Images

Hard-hitting warning labels should be put on everyday foodstuffs, new taxes imposed on salty products and junk food sponsorship of sport banned to cut rising deaths from heart disease, health campaigners have said.

These “bold” measures should be imposed as part of a determined drive to reduce the number of people dying prematurely from heart attacks and strokes, they said.