Tackling obesity: Improving policy making on food and health
Government squeamishness on tackling obesity will mean higher taxes and lower productivity.

Government squeamishness on tackling obesity will mean higher taxes and lower productivity.
This event explored why successive governments have failed to address rising obesity and what would be needed to tackle it.
Arguments over ‘cakegate’ should not distract from the government binning or delaying its key policies for tackling obesity.
The soft drinks industry levy (SDIL), or ‘sugar tax’, is a levy applied to UK-produced or imported soft drinks containing added sugar.
What this government should be looking at as it embarks on its programme of NHS reform, specifically to improve the picture in general practice.