Pod Bites: The double jeopardy facing our food system

Anna Taylor, Executive Director of The Food Foundation gives her response to the new House of Lords Food Diet and Obesity Committee report, Recipe for Health: a plan to fix our broken food system, which was published this week.The report calls for regulatory changes to the food system, including mandatory reformulation targets, a tax on sugar and salt, bans on advertising and celebrity endorsements for unhealthy foods, and mandatory reporting on food healthiness. It emphasizes the need for mandatory approaches over voluntary ones and for insulating policy from commercial interests. It also proposes strengthening nutritional safety nets for children and improving the government's policy infrastructure. The Food Foundation urges the government to act on these recommendations to improve public health and reduce dietary inequalities.Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto and here to sign up for the newsletter and for more analysis check out our latest webinar on our YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Food Foundation podcast is the voice of the charity that tackles the growing challenges facing the UK’s food. Reporting from the frontline of food insecurity, it reveals the gaps in the food system and the inspiring initiatives that are fixing them. From the stigma of free school meals to the enormous impact of holiday activities on hungry children, we find the stories that change lives, bind communities and make the politicians sit up and listen.Producer: Gilly Smith for the Food Foundation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.