YES - Jenny Jones, Green Party member, and chair, London Food Commission
Vending machines should be banned, but it also comes down to what you put in them. If you put the right choices in front of people, then it will help tackle obesity. Young people will eat healthy options, as long as they are cheap and available.
The Government isn't giving enough money to schools and youth clubs, so they end up relying on income from other sources such as vending machines.
But if more funding was made available, they would have more freedom to encourage healthy eating.
Vending companies will offer whatever gets them a profit, so the Government needs to take the lead by putting in place legislation banning junk food advertising. The repercussions of obesity in 10 or 20 years' time will be phenomenal if no action is taken. This ultimately will put further strain on the NHS.
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