Ban Junk Food? Controversial Approach Gains Popularity | Dr. Gemma Newman Live Q&A

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Physicians Committee

Nutrition, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

What would happen if junk food were banned? Life expectancy is dropping and more than half the world is expected to be overweight by 2035. Many say it is time to take extreme measures to stop this unhealthy trend and the millions of cases of cancers, diabetes, and heart disease that it can lead to.

One of the options being considered is a ban on foods packed with sugar, fat and salt. In some parts of the world the ban is already in place. So what effect might it have?

The Plant Power Doc, Dr. Gemma Newman, joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room LIVE to discuss the controversial idea! Surprisingly, in some cases junk food companies are supporting such measures.

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0:00.0	There's so much out there that we do that is way more extreme than just taking away the potato chips from the register, right?
0:09.0	And interestingly, this University of Southampton study that looked at attitudes towards this ban of high sugar, salt and fat foods by the checkouts
0:19.0	showed that there was a lot of support for it actually, so it's definitely time.
0:24.0	I'd love to see lots of different kinds of companies being really supported and being able to do that for people,
0:29.0	and also importantly to allow healthier foods to become less expensive.
0:33.0	I think we need to tip the balance where these healthier, fresher foods are much easier for people to actually buy and afford.
0:47.0	Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee.
0:52.0	Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll.
0:54.0	Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us coast to coast in the US and in more than 150 countries.
1:01.0	Hi to everyone listening in Wilmington, North Carolina, Mountain View, California, and West Yorkshire, England.
1:09.0	Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place.
1:14.0	This is Episode 28 of Season 6, Number 424 Overall.
1:22.0	Here's a question for you. How many extra calories are you getting from those got you type of junk foods at the checkout line?
1:31.0	I mean you go there and you're checking out and you are literally surrounded when you are at the grocery store.
1:39.0	And now the question is arising. Should these high calorie in pulse environments be banned?
1:48.0	Well right now there is a push underway to permanently outlaw these junk food aisles at registers and grocery stores in the UK.
1:57.0	And shockingly enough, the ban at the checkout, the ban of these high fat, high salt, high sugar treats has a ton of support, including some support from the food companies themselves.
2:14.0	Amazing, so today we are going to be chatting with Dr. Gemman Newman about what effect this might have on your health, fewer impulses and dolgences.
2:25.0	Because if you figure one trip to the grocery store per week, that's 52 per year and each time if you give in to those cravings, those impulses say you get a candy bar,
2:36.0	well that is 52 candy bars over the course of the year. And that can add up.
2:44.0	We're also going to be getting tips today and some tricks for dealing with these cravings when all you see are these bags of chips and all of that candy.
2:53.0	How in the heck do you even begin to walk away?
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