Food for thought! People will eat more and pay more! Great! The road to hell is paved with good intentions!
This reminds also of the folly of e.g. low fat milk!
"The UK government is urging the food industry to reformulate its manufactured products to reduce sugar, fat, and calories by 20% to address childhood obesity.
New modelling shows that if the whole population reduces its calorie intake, as the policy intends, at least two children will become underweight for every case of childhood obesity that is prevented.
But if households continue to consume the same number of calories – as is more likely – their grocery bills will increase by 10% or almost £400 per year.
The government’s original modelling failed to consider the impact on underweight children or the potential rise in expenditure on food.
The government’s efforts to cut calories in food could lead to an increase in the number of underweight children, according to new modelling from the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs.
Since 2016, the government has been encouraging food manufacturers to reduce the amount of sugar, fat and calories in their food to tackle childhood obesity. The programme targets of a 20% reduction in calories in manufactured products by 2025. There have been calls to make this target mandatory. ..."
"Summary
Since 2015, the UK government has worked with the food industry to reformulate a wide range of food products to reduce sugar, fat and calorie content. The industry has been given the target of lowering the number of calories in certain products by 20% by 2025. The reformulation scheme was overseen by Public Health England (PHE) until 2021, and is now overseen by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. The scheme is voluntary, but some organisations have called for it to be mandatory. ..."
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