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Tax "junk foods", & give the money to Companies who produce healthy products.

Submitted on Friday 11th March 2016

Published on Monday 14th March 2016

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 14th September 2016

Signatures: 24

Tagged with

BBC ~ BBC News ~ Jamie Oliver ~ Money ~ NHS ~ Tax

Petition Action

Tax "junk foods", & give the money to Companies who produce healthy products.

Petition Details

What we eat has a detrimental affect on our physical and mental health & the wrong decisions are costing the NHS money. People need incentive to eat a balanced diet & the price difference isn't helping.

Additional Information

BBC news reported that Poor diet 'costs NHS £6bn a year'
Jamie oliver saw an increase in grades and a reduction "authorised absences" — which are generally due to illness – fell by 15% after his 2004 Feed Me Better campaign,
Researchers describe one survey which found that 39% of people rated price as the most important factor in their food choice compared to just 9% who considered a food’s healthiness to be most important. Thursday October 9 2014, NHS choices.


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