Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Geraint Davies (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Thursday, 26 November 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 20 members in total.

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SUGAR LABELLING IN SPOONFULS IN FOOD AND DRINKS

That this House notes that one in four people in the UK is obese, with two-thirds of the population overweight, and the growth of NHS costs associated with obesity and diabetes; further notes the link between added sugar in processed food and drink and obesity; notes that the maximum amount of added sugar the World Health Organisation recommends per day is six teaspoonfuls for women and nine for men, and that the promotion of high sugar products is often as low fat products; and calls on the Government to support food and drink labelling that expresses added sugar in teaspoonfuls, and to restrict the advertising of high sugar products as low fat products.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

782 

Session

2015-16

Other sponsors

Keith Vaz

Alan Meale

Mark Durkan

Jonathan Edwards

Jim Shannon

Subjects

Consumers Industry Food Obesity

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk