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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Tories and Labour urged to show ‘courage’ to act on unhealthy food

Pepperoni pizza in a takeaway box
The King’s Fund, which campaigns on health issues, wants to ‘denormalise’ the consumption of unhealthy food. Photograph: MBI/Alamy

Britain’s political parties have been urged to show courage by forcing food producers to make their products healthier, as new polling shows two-thirds of voters back the move.

Compelling food manufacturers to strip out large amounts of fat, salt and sugar would help “denormalise” the routine consumption of unhealthy food, Sarah Woolnough, the chief executive of the King’s Fund, told the Guardian.

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