Liz Truss junk food

Prime ministers considers dropping restrictions on advertising junk food to children.

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The government is reviewing its anti-obesity strategy, which could see chocolate and sweets placed back on display at checkouts.

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The government is set to review its major anti-obesity strategy, weeks before one of its key measures was due to be introduced to UK supermarkets in a bid ...

[According to a Guardian source,](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/13/liz-truss-could-scrap-anti-obesity-strategy-in-drive-to-cut-red-tape) Truss’s approach to the issue is “ideological”, driven by her belief in deregulating business, rather than by health policy. “These policies are popular with the public who want it to be easier to make healthier choices. [ sugar tax](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/sugar-tax/2/), introduced in 2018, which added a levy on sugary drinks – leading manufacturers to reduce the sugar content of many of our favourites. [labelled the suggested move ](https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/uk-news/liz-truss-junk-food-taxes-bogof-government-b2136622.html)“incredibly disappointing and short-sighted”. “They don’t want the government telling them what to eat.” [Obesity](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/obesity/), as a common cause of cancer, diabetes, heart conditions, painful joints and other health problems, is estimated to cost the [NHS](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/nhs/) around £6.1bn a year. Not implementing these evidence-based policies is a kick in the teeth to families trying their hardest to live well on a budget.” “This will not help the cost of living crisis in the short term, and in the long term would lead to serious consequences for our health, our economy and our NHS,” she said. [Liz Truss](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/liz-truss/) to cut burdens on businesses and help the public through the [cost of living crisis](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/cost-of-living-crisis/). Katharine Jenner, director of the Obesity Health Alliance, a coalition of more than 40 organisations that advocate for policies to tackle obesity, told HuffPost UK its members were “deeply concerned by rumours suggesting that the government might drop obesity policies which are designed to put healthy affordable food in the spotlight.” [Boris Johnson ](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/boris-johnson/)said that tackling unhealthy foods became a personal priority during his time in No.10 after his own admission to intensive care with [ Covid-19 ](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/coronavirus/)in April 2020. The review, ordered in by ministers at the Treasury, will assess the incoming bans on sugary products at checkouts, set to hit shelves on October 1 – as well as bans on “buy-one-get-one-free” deals on foods high in salt, fat and sugar.

Liz Truss seeks to possibly end ill-advised bans on advertising and special deals on foods experts deem “unhealthy.”

Then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson [decided in May to delay the bans](https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/may/13/uk-delays-ban-on-supermarket-junk-food-deals-and-pre-watershed-ads?CMP=twt_gu&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium). And in 2019 when she was a member of Parliament for South West Norfolk, [she was already criticizing these types of approaches](https://www.elizabethtruss.com/news/nanny-state-freer) to deal with health issues: Over the long term, it is free societies, where people are able to lead their own lives, that have better results in terms of health, the environment, and life expectancy. The assumption is that society is a machine where levers can be pulled, the handle can be cranked, and better results will ensue. more than 200 million pounds a year ($230 million) in lost revenue. But people always need food, and the food they didn't eat at purchase can be saved for later. Health officials claimed the sales caused people to "buy more food than they need." They don't want the government telling them what to eat", she added. In 2020, the government announced additional bans on junk food advertising, new rules on where unhealthy foods could be displayed in markets, and a prohibition on two-for-one deals featuring foods the government has decided are unhealthy. Truss pledged during the Tory leadership campaign to light a bonfire of obesity rules if she won. officials have attempted to address the problem by blaming just about everybody except those who overeat—advertisers, supermarkets, restaurants—and putting into place very broad, very strict regulations to fight junk food, or at least what the government defines as junk food. Health experts in the United Kingdom say it has a massive obesity problem, with around two-thirds of Brits classified as overweight.

The UK government may ditch its anti-obesity strategies after ministers ordered a review of measures designed to discourage people from eating junk food.

The review of HFSS restrictions comes as part of Prime Minister Liz Truss’ goal to reduce burdens on businesses and support shoppers amid the cost-of-living crisis, The January 2024 scheduled ban on junk food TV ads before the 9pm watershed and online, which was also delayed, is also expected to be part of the review. // The review of HFSS restrictions comes as part of Prime Minister Liz Truss’ goal to reduce burdens on businesses