A Hyderabad-based NIN-led consortium has released a policy roadmap recommending stricter regulation of HFSS foods, front-of-pack warning labels, nutrition education and health taxes on sugary products to improve food environments and address rising childhood obesity among children and adolescents.
The consortium, titled ‘Let’s Fix Our Food’ and led by NIN, recommended additional health tax of 20 percent to 30 percent on sweets and confectionaries, health tax of 32 percent on SSBs and HFSS. The group recently submitted its report to ICMR and NITI Aayog.
