A ban on fast food takeaways serving young people during school hours, film-style health classifications for food, and free “wonky veg” schemes in supermarkets are among the ideas that have been put forward by young people to tackle the obesity crisis.
It is all part of a new report that aims to give young people a voice in the obesity debate.
As well as a quarter of adults, around 19 per cent of 10 and 11-year-olds are obese and, with obesity levels rising sharply in recent decades, the government is due to launch its much-delayed obesity strategy this summer.
However, the new report – The Child’s Obesity Strategy – produced by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), the Youth Health Movement and Slimming World, has sought to find out what young people think will be the most effective methods.
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