'If current trends continue, at least one-third of adults, one-fifth of boys and one-third of girls will be obese by 2020' - it's just one of many shocking facts highlighted in the Government white paper on public health, Choosing Health: making healthy choices easier, released last week. Yet what has shocked children's food campaigners is that, they believe, the document then backs down from introducing any hard legislation to protect children's health.
Information leaked to the press before the paper's publication gave the impression that the Government would ban junk food television advertising aimed at young children before 9pm and impose strict guidelines on the labelling of processed foods. What it is actually proposing falls far short of that (see box).
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