The Anonymous Widower

Haringey to Limit Junk Food

The Sunday Times reports today, that Haringey is to going to limit the number of junk food shops in poor areas of the borough.  Here’s a flavour of their report.

Health officials in Haringey, north London, plan to curb the number of fried chicken, burger and pizza outlets in poor parts of the borough where men die, on average, nine years younger than those from its leafier areas. It proposes using planning powers to limit fast-food restaurants after finding there were up to six times more such outlets in poorer districts.

Let’s hope it all works out and spreads to the next borough to the south, Hackney. The Kingsland Road has little else, except loan and pound -shops.

May 20, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | Food, Health | Hackney, Haringey, Obesity