Sugar In Food And Drinks (Labelling And Advertising)

EDM number 530 in 2014-15, proposed by Geraint Davies on 19/11/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Consumers, Food, Industry and Obesity.

That this House notes that one in four people in Britain is obese, with two-thirds of the population overweight, and the growth of NHS costs associated with obesity and diabetes; further notes the link between added sugar in processed foods and drinks and obesity; further notes that the maximum amount of added sugar the World Health Organisation recommends per day is six teaspoonfuls for women and nine for men, and that the promotion of high sugar products is often as low fat products; and calls on the Government to support moves to express added sugar in teaspoonfuls on product packaging and to restrict the advertising of high sugar products as low fat products.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.