• li10@feddit.uk
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    11 months ago

    Healthy school meals, making healthy food cheaper, taxing junk food, but I think the most helpful would be to heavily limit advertising of junk food, especially advertising to children.

    I really feel like heavy restrictions on advertising would genuinely help with a range of different issues in the modern world.

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      11 months ago

      I love the advertising idea, the tax idea idk. Havent they tried taxing junk food and it’s never worked out? Either through general outrage or people circumventing it

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        11 months ago

        Yeah, the taxing one is quite controversial and I don’t know if I necessarily agree with it.

        But, the sugar tax in the UK seems to have had a positive impact so far, from what I’ve seen it’s reduced childhood obesity and dental issues.

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          11 months ago

          Maybe taxing junk food to specifically and directly subsidize healthy food? Feels like an obvious idea now that I think about it but I can also imagine junk food companies absolutely throwing a fit. Bet it would be popular with the average person though.