Taxes on sugar need to be expanded, under 16s should be banned from buying energy drinks and the Labour government is being urged to ‘ignore Nanny Sate critics’ and roll out its proposed national supervised toothbrushing programme in schools.
The report, by Longfield’s Centre for Young Lives think-tank and the Child of the North coalition of universities across the North of England, says action is needed as fewer than two in five children have good oral health.
One in 10 three-year-olds already have tooth decay, rising to three in 10 by the age of five, they also warn.
Ministers are being urged to develop and implement a national child oral health improvement strategy, with a focus on improvements for children in the North of England and those in areas of deprivation.
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