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MP: Obesity strategy favours advertisers

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The Conservative Chair of the Health Select Committee, Dr Sarah Wollaston, says the government鈥檚 childhood obesity strategy puts the 鈥渋nterests of advertisers and marketers ahead of the interests of children鈥� The government plans include a tax on sugary drinks but has dropped proposals for a curb on junk food advertising. The new strategy aims to reduce overall sugar content across a range of products, and to cut children鈥檚 sugar intake by 20% by 2020, and by 5% in the first year. This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on 18 August 2016.

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