She said she believed "research will find sugar is addictive" and that "we may need to introduce a sugar tax".
In response, the food industry said it was working on reducing sugar in products. The Department of Health has a "responsibility deal”, which is a series of voluntary pledges by industry designed to tackle issues such as obesity.
Dame Sally said: "We have a generation of children who, because they're overweight and their lack of activity, may well not live as long as my generation. They will be the first generation that live less, and that is of great concern."
This was shocking at the time, and remains so, although other things have since grabbed the news agenda. Have things moved on in any way?
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