This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Petition Tax "junk foods", & give the money to Companies who produce healthy products.
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.
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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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