British supermarkets were forbidden to place sweets at the box office
Moscow. June 2. INTERFAX.RU — the British government will ban supermarkets place sweets at the box office and sell junk food to share “two for the price of one”.
According to The Telegraph, in the framework of the fight against obesity is also considered to restrict the use of cartoon characters in advertising junk food.
Another initiative, which has only seen, provides for the sale of energy drinks to individuals over the age of 16.
Health Minister Jeremy hunt, who is one of authors of amendments to the legislation, offers from 2020 to prohibit advertising foods high in sugar or salt on television before 21:00.
As it turned edition, another step in the fight against obesity is the prohibition of restaurants and cafes to offer free refill visitors soda.
In the UK banned junk food advertising in children’s programmes, but studies show that British children are about 64% of time spent watching television, watching other transmission in addition to children’s.
The percentage of first-graders suffering from obesity, grows in the country for the second year in a row. Almost 10% of children aged 4-5 years, according to 2016-2017, are overweight.