The bill, on behalf of food pressure group Sustain, is calling for junk food advertising to be stopped in schools and for food and nutrition education to be made part of the national curriculum. The group also wants the quality of food aimed at young people to be improved and the labelling made clearer.
In addition, a duty would be placed on the Government to produce an annual plan of objectives for promoting healthy food and nutrition. An early day motion to gather support from MPs for the children's food bill is to be launched this week.
Junk food companies targeting youth clubs and places where young people hang out could also be affected by the bill.
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