Despite the UK’s already strict rules on the advertising of products high in fats, sugar and salt (HFSS), obesity continues to weigh heavily on the country.
According to the National Health Service, current estimates suggest around a quarter of British adults are obese – which is to say very overweight. More worryingly, just under a third of children (35%) were overweight at the end of primary school (ages 10-11) and 21% are obese.
Clearly, something must be done. But the causes of obesity are complex and manifold. Wealth inequality is, by the government’s own admission, closely associated with...