A new survey looking at Wales' food environment suggests there is huge support for the Welsh Government to intervene with "meal deal culture". The survey asked whether people think Government should intervene and place taxes on high sugar foods, and make healthy foods like fruit and vegetables cheaper in order to tackle the obesity crisis.
Dr Ilona Johnson, consultant at Public Health Wales, said measures like this would aim to tackle Wales' Obesity problem which is having a growing strain on the NHS. The survey which was done by PHW asked 1,007 Welsh residents over the age of 16 what they thought about Government intervention to take action on obesity.
It found that 57% of people think that the Government should use financial tools like taxes on foods with high levels of sugar and 83% of people think the Government should use financial tools to make fruit and vegetables cheaper.
