WINNER 🏆, so one more time - this WILL happen just not tomorrow
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.'
And yet you asked.
what ever b
Bollux.
Maybe, but nearly everything we were told to eat (grain, vegan, seed oils, soy, corn) and what was evil (red meat (all meat), fats, coconut oils) were just backa$$wards and wrong.) Those types should neverbe allowed to make decisions for a nation.
Forgot suet, lard, which is great for energy, thinking, and weight loss. Crazy but true.
“...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...”
I just ran the numbers.
That claim is horse hockey.
This isn’t about protecting public health.
It’s about nationalizing grocery stores.
An average of 50 calories? Because in one person, it’s hard to see the difference.
It remains to be seen if calorie cutting is a very effective strategy for weight loss.
Are the aisles being made narrower?
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Maybe Aldi can use smaller carts and charge $0.30 (so you have to dig around more to find a nickel)
Those Aldi carts are Yugh. One big beautiful cart.
Calorie cutting is a very efficient means of weight loss.
But the claim about cutting 50 calories a day getting you out of obesity is crap.
Doing that alone might lose your average adult about 5 pounds a year.
This campaign is a cover for the state takeover of grocery stores.
they could put the junk food on the roof
the fatties will bring a ladder
Stay in the parking lot.....,
Or require shoppers to do the parallel ladder before entering the store, like basic training, before you got in the mess hall, lol.
Enw benywaidd Cymraeg yw Angharad.
Mae’n golygu ‘cariad mawr’.
You only have to watch Clarkson’s Farm to see how the uk cares less about health. It’s all about control.
I found success with monitoring calories in and calories out.
I used the Fit app which works on my android phone (you don’t need a fitbit or apple), and an app called nutrionix Track (both free). I bought a digital food scale and started measuring everything that I put in my mouth. I really didn’t change anything that I eat, I just learned to eat smaller amounts of the high calorie stuff. I discovered I didn’t really need 3 scrambled eggs with a cup of cheese for breakfast when 2 with 1/4 cup would be just as satisfying. Also my nightly “peanut butter on a spoon” snack didn’t have to be so generous. And there were occasional “no peanut butter tonight” nights if wasn’t as active during the day :-(.
I discovered that I eat pretty much the same things all the time, so what was tedious at first became more of a copy and paste thing pretty quickly, although I stayed pretty religious about weighing portions. I also go to the same restaurants and order the same meals, many already pre-populated in the Track app.
I started walking every day, mostly just back and forth in the house watching my news blogs on the phone instead of sitting with my laptop. (Walking faster burns more calories, so it’s harder to Freep while walking). I wasn’t confident that my burned calories were being accurately measured, but if I kept calories in about 300 less than calories out, I consistently lost a little more than a pound a week.
I’ve been able to keep the weight off pretty well, and I can’t seem to watch my news and other blogs sitting down now, so I think I’ve developed a good habit. I don’t measure anything but steps now. I don’t have to measure food or calories anymore, I know what to cut back on if the weight starts to drift up.
Hope this is helpful,
Love,
O2
Thank you for your thoughtful and detailed advice. I am saving it and will see if I can put some of the ideas into action.
Have a great holiday.
Best,
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