Category: Ultra-processed foods

UK’s unhealthy food habits cost £268bn a year, report finds

Exclusive: Food, Farming and Countryside Commission added up cost to NHS and economy of diet-linked diseaseThe UK’s growing addiction to unhealthy food costs a “staggering” £268bn a year, far outstripping...

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Tax unhealthy foods to tackle obesity, say campaigners

Health and children’s groups urge UK ministers to impose levies on products containing too much salt or sugarDozens of health and children’s groups have urged ministers to tackle obesity by imposing taxes on foods...

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Tobacco, alcohol, processed foods and fossil fuels ‘kill 2.7m a year in Europe’

World Health Organization report calls on governments to impose tougher regulation of health-harming productsTobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and fossil fuels kill 2.7 million people a year in Europe, according to...

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