Government urged to impose 'calorie tax' on unhealthy food | The Independent

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Health campaigners are urging the government to introduce a new “calorie tax” to tackle childhood obesity, diabetes and cancer.

A levy on companies producing processed food with high levels of fat and sugar would encourage them to create more nutritional snacks, according to campaign groups Action on Sugar and Action on Salt


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