The Traffic light food labelling scheme
27 February 2007
In response to a survey by the netmums website, which showed that the public support the Food Standards Agency's (FSA's) 'Trafffic light' food labelling system, BMA Chairman Mr James Johnson, said:
“Obesity causes heart disease, osteoarthritis and some cancers and costs the NHS millions. With childhood obesity rates in the UK soaring it is essential for tough action to reverse this trend. Helping people to make healthy food choices is a positive step in tackling in obesity and the BMA is backing the FSA ’s Traffic light food labelling scheme. Improved labelling will help customers buy healthy food and will help doctors to advise their patients about making changes to their diet.”
Preventing childhood obesity, a BMA report from 2005
Access the netmums website here.
Access the Food Standards Agency website here.