Citizens must be empowered to make better choices about their health
It is unconscionable that the country continues to put industry interests over the health of ordinary people .
SA is grappling with a catastrophic level of noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. The cost of runaway obesity and overweight is also high for the state’s purse. Should it continue unabated, researchers believe we are looking at a future population with deteriorated physical and mental health and comorbidities that render them more susceptible to infectious diseases.such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers to the state in the long term are impossible to ignore.
SA cannot afford such a high disease burden. Front-of-pack warning labels, a tool that can be implemented with other measures, can help curb the rise in non-communicable diseases.Mexico projected that 1.3-million cases of obesity could be averted in the five years after the implementation of warning labels in the country, representing a 14.7% reduction in obesity prevalence. This includes an estimate of $1.
To make them cheaper and more profitable, many ultraprocessed foods are loaded with additives such ason our bodies and put us at risk of an early death. We are armed with little more than impossible-to-understand back-of-pack nutrition labels. Front-of-pack labels do not take away the consumer’s choices; instead they empower citizens to make better choices about their health.
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