It is reported today that Britain’s Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has a new policy document out which aims to improve the health of the nation, the measures include:
• Minimum priced alcohol aimed at “preloading” (pre-gaming) teenagers before going out;
• A ban on alcohol companies sponsoring sport;
• A watershed of post 9pm for advertising of foods high in fat, sugar and salt aimed at children and the quantities allowed in foodstuffs;
• Smoking ban in cars;
• Encouraging half of the population to take regular exercise within ten years;
• A ban on supermarkets selling “impulse” products such as drinks and sweets near the checkouts;
• Today’s children to be the first to be smoke free;
• Financing skateboard parks BMX tracks and other sports courts.
Originally written by DAVID ATHERTON
