The Guardian view on obesity: put public health before food industry pressure | Editorial

Obesity reflects prices, advertising and access, not simply weak willpower. Ministers must now act Britain has spent the last three decades asking individuals to make healthier choices inside a market that makes those choices more expensive and less visible. It is no surprise then that the proportion of adults in England living with obesity nearly doubled in that time, to 30%. MPs on the health select committee have decided enough is enough. Preventing obesity in future generations, they say,…