Khan called on all local authorities in London to follow the lead of Southwark, south London, which has announced all 68 primary schools in the borough will ban sugary drinks.
London has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in Europe with almost 40 per cent of children in year 6 classed as "overweight" or "obese".
The mayor created London’s Child Obesity Taskforce in 2018 to help develop ideas that would reduce obesity levels and close health inequality gaps, with some of the highest levels of obesity being in the most deprived areas of the capital.
Making water freely available to pupils and introducing water-only schools – where just water and low-fat milk are allowed as drinks – was one of the recommendations of the taskforce.
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