National Food Strategy: 'Junk food cycle must be broken'

Sugar and salt should be taxed and vegetables prescribed by the NHS, an independent review of the food we eat has suggested.

The report, led by businessman Henry Dimbleby, says taxes raised could extend free school meal provision and support better diets among the poorest.

The review describes the Covid-19 pandemic as a "painful reality check" that has revealed the scale of food-related ill-health.