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• UK’s unhealthy food habits cost £268bn a year, report finds

  15-11-2024 20:24
  
  Exclusive: Food, Farming and Countryside Commission added up cost to NHS and economy of diet-linked diseaseThe UK’s growing addiction to unhealthy food costs £268bn a year, far outstripping the budget for the whole NHS, the first research into the subject has found.The increased consumption of foods high in fat, salt and sugar or which have been highly processed is having a “devastating” impact on human health and Britain’s finances.The market in ultra-processed foo
  
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