Latest salvo in obesity war falls on deaf ears

Updated September 19 2017 - 9:52pm, first published 11:41am

A powerful group of health bodies have laid down the latest salvo in their war on the food industry and in particular the soft drink industry over the worsening problem of obesity. While it might seem to have been tried before  perhaps it is the feebleness of response from Canberra; ‘people should eat less’, or not ‘wanting grocery bills to go up’ that drives this latest attempt.

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