Over 200 branded food products for babies and toddlers in the United Kingdom did not meet the World Health Organisation’s nutrition and marketing standards as reported by a non-profit organisation, Access to Nutrition Initiative.
The guideline recommended by World Health Organisation(WHO) that babies and toddlers should not be given foods high in sugar, salt, drinks containing sugar or non-sugar sweeteners and trans fats which two-third of their products has excessive sugar, salt or calories.
Dr Francesco, the Director of WHO’s Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, stated that the risk of overweight, obesity and tooth decay in children can be lessen once there is a 10% reduction of free sugar intake.
A representative of ATNI, Greg Garrett has called on policy makers, shareholders of companies to invest responsibly on a new regulations to stop the use of added sugars, sweeteners, limit sugar and sodium content, and outlaw misleading marketing and labelling practices to ensure the well being of young children are not compromised.
The government should also make compulsory a warning labels on product to help parent make a healthy choices on food for infants and parents needs to give a greater support for better feeding decisions to end the foreign epidemics of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other conditions.
