Posted on 05/11/2018 11:19:39 AM PDT by rktman
Junk food advertising will be banned from Londons tube and bus network, under plans put forward by the citys mayor that steal a march on Theresa May.
Sadiq Khan said the move was necessary to curb the ticking timebomb of child obesity, which has left almost 40 per cent of 10 and 11-year-olds in the capital overweight or obese.
Hot food takeaways would also be barred from opening within 400 metres of schools, under a new draft London Food Strategy published today.
If we dont take bold steps against child obesity we are not doing right by our young people, as well as placing a huge strain on our already pressurised health service in years to come, Mr Khan.
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That's a quarter of a mile, about 4 city blocksnot much of a challenge for teenagers.
He’s pandering to the whimpy...as in whimpering...self loathing voters...goal: bring all into submission to the secular state...then transform secular state to religious state by slim majority vote and continuing “normalcy” of violence and threats of violence..could be my overactive imagination..but not hard to see as a possibility..Goodbye England, magna carta, etc....
The mayor of Londonistan tackles the heavy issues.
Let them eat pork!
They said goodbye to fish and chips many moons ago when they banned wrapping it in newspaper.
So!
Londonistaners!
How is your Moslem Mayor working out for you?
Will all pork, ham and bacon be coinicidentally defined as junk food?
Halal and Haram tyranny right around the corner.
The sun did not set on the British Empire; it was sucked into a blqck hole.
Read: black hole.
For a 'normal' teenager, yes. But for a teenager of the size being targeted by this, 400 metres presumably looks like a double marathon.
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