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A more strategic and holistic view of food policy that seeks to improve the healthiness...

Recommendation
A more strategic and holistic view of food policy that seeks to improve the healthiness of food and the food environment is needed. The government should either extend the scope of existing regulation or create new regulation to ensure that the prominence and promotion of HFSS foods is reduced across all food retailers and not only supermarkets. It should also work to better understand what role the out-of-home sector and delivery apps can play in improving diets and set out how it will work to improve the healthiness of food in out-of-home settings, including better data collection, new policy ideas and relevant support for those businesses to implement any changes within 18 months. (Recommendation, Paragraph 142)
Addressee Bodies
Department of Health and Social Care
Timeline
Report published 15 Jul 2026