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Radio 4,28 Aug 2012,41 mins

Tackling the obesity problem

You and Yours

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The government has been accused of "conniving with the food industry" and ignoring scientific evidence on obesity by a former advisor. Critics are also concerned that only a handful of companies have heeded voluntary guidelines launched last year to label food in restaurants with calorie counts and to reduce saturated fats, salt and sugar in food products. So should the Government be doing more to monitor what is going into our food and introducing tougher regulation forcing the food industry to reduce fats and sugars? Or should you the consumer be doing more to stay healthy? Call us on 03700-100-400 before ten, 03700 100444 after ten, or email us via our website; leave us a message or a name and number where we can call you back. You can also text us on 84844. Or tweet @BBCRadio4 during the programme, using the hashtag #youandyours.

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