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Over 100 doctors call for tax on junk food to handle obesity epidemic

https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/27/100-...demic-12765023/

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They have put forward a number of proposals to overhaul the UK’s ‘unfair, unhealthy and unsustainable’ food system when the pandemic passes. This includes a tax on foods that are high in salt and fat, a tax on food derived from animal agriculture, subsidies for plant-based diets and a return of public sector catering to stop processed meat being served in schools and hospitals.

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The changes proposed are in-line with the recently published report by the EU’s European Commission A Farm to Fork Strategy, which calls for ‘a move to more plant-based diets… to reduce the risk of life-threatening diseases and the environmental impact of the food system’.

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According to a 2019 study published in British medical journal the Lancet, adopting a more plant-based diet could prevent approximately 11 million deaths each year.

Three in four of the world’s new emerging diseases are caused by animals, with coronavirus leading to calls for more people to go vegan to avoid a future pandemic.