In an article for City AM, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon argues that while many of Boris Johnson’s new anti-obesity measures- such as banning food advertising- are unacceptable intrusions, not all are measures are wholly objectionable.

He writes: “Most packaged food in Britain is labelled with calorie information as a result of a voluntary agreement with the food industry. The government now wants to extend this to alcoholic beverages and the out-of-home food sector. In principle, there is nothing wrong with this.”

Nevertheless, Christopher argues, labelling is unlikely to be a solution to obesity. Read the article in full here.