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Posted on 07/02/2025 3:59:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Supermarkets will reportedly be required to make significant changes to their stores as part of a government crackdown on obesity.
The Government plans to introduce a health food standard for supermarkets to make the average shopping basket 'slightly healthier' and ease pressure on the NHS.
Public health experts say that cutting 50 calories a day would lift 340,000 children and 2 million adults out of obesity, which is one of the root causes of diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Major supermarkets will have to report on healthy food sales and 'increase the healthiness of sales in communities across the UK', according to the Department of Health and Social Care.
This means that they may have to reformulate products, change the layout of stores, offer discounts on healthy foods, or change loyalty schemes to promote healthier options.
Wes Streeting, health and social care secretary said: 'Our brilliant supermarkets already do so much work for our communities and are trying to make their stores healthier, and we want to work with them and other businesses to create a level playing field.
'Through our new healthy food standard, we will make the healthy choice the easy choice, because prevention is better than cure.'
He told Sky News that the plans were not 'nanny statism' but a 'world-first approach'.
The health department said that many supermarkets 'want to do more to make the average shopping basket healthier, but they risk changes hitting their bottom lines if their competitors don't act at the same time.
'The new standard will introduce a level playing field, so there isn't a first mover disadvantage.'
It is the latest attempt by central government to push supermarkets into promoting healthy food.
In 2022, supermarkets were banned from displaying products high in fat, salt and sugar in shop entrances and till areas.
A ban on junk food adverts targeting children, which was due to be introduced in October, is set to be delayed until next year.
Research by Which? Shows that three in five consumers said they support the Government introduced health targets for supermarkets.
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Ken Murphy, Tesco chief executive, said the supermarket giant had called for 'mandatory reporting for all supermarkets and major food businesses and why we welcome the Government's announcement on this.
'We look forward to working with them on the detail of the Healthy Food Standard and its implementation by all relevant food businesses.'
Simon Roberts, chief executive of Sainsbury's added: '[The] announcement from Government is an important and positive step forward in helping the nation to eat well.
'We need a level playing field across the entirety of our food sector for these actions to have a real and lasting impact.'
Once you understand that our bodies were built to be cavemen, it totally changes the way you look at eating.
Or else.
Absolutely!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthy,_Hunger-Free_Kids_Act_of_2010
worked well here, no more fat kids...................
Nanny grocery stores. Where’s Nanny Bloomberg when you need him.
“This is what you get with government run healthcare.“
Government runs the food industry - the US Department of Agriculture tells us what to eat. The Food and Drug administration tells us what to eat. The government runs healthcare - Medicare sets all standards for hospital systems as well has medical insurance
People want to pretend the govt isn’t in charge but they are. Bobby K is doing a good job rooting out unhealthy substances but watch him. He’s a democrat. I like him a lot. What he’s uncovering and even his motives. His solutions just watch that.
(Are the aisles being made narrower?)
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Husky, Stout, Extra Stout,
and the new Hindenburg Line
If they want to end obesity, then just sell Carnivore foods.
Oh, never mind, the EU is in the process of outlawing meat, in order to meet Net Zero.
They compensated by slapping ied eggs or Heinz beans on every plate and then drenching it with gravy, salad cream, or odious brown sauce.
I like my local Aldis its close and easy to get in and out of I cant recall ever seeing a fat person in there
And that’s why Obeymecare was such a disaster.
And forget about the gun stores.
We have an Aldi’s here. I go there rarely. My oldest son recommended their Deutsche Küche Schnitzel that comes frozen in chicken and pork. They don’t always have it. I don’t eat it, but I bought some for my youngest son, and he says both are good. I also found a Loaded Baked Potato soup in the frozen section. It’s pretty good. The problem is that they don’t carry this stuff all the time. I’ve bought some of the Appleton’s Hickory Smoked thick bacon, and Appleton’s Black Forest Bacon. They’re pretty good.
Thanks for all the advice.
“The human body is trying to “help” us by saving our lives if there is an ice age again. The fat ancestors survived to have children in the old ice ages and we carry their genes.”
Nope! Too many carbs. Cut carbs below 30G/day, eat no more than twice a day, and the fat WILL come off.
We didn’t have too many “fat genes” in the 1960s...
The problem is that they need to be full width mirrors too.
}You wouldn’t understand.”
Damned straight, don’t care to.
Touché!
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