If I had a magic wand, what would I want to change?

Here is a list of changes that could be introduced with a magic wand.......

• Supermarkets

  Stop slotting fees and promote healthier options in prime space Give a discount for smaller package sizes Put healthier foods at checkouts

• Manufacturers

  Stop marketing directly to children Remove spurious health claims from packaging Use the $40 billion spent on promotion of junk food on healthy alternatives

• Fast food companies and restaurants

  Routinely offer healthier items Post calories, salt, saturated fat and transfats levels on menus Give a discount for smaller portion sizes Publicly display the conditions under which the meat and diary supply animals are kept, transported and slaughtered Give consumers information on the amount of environmental damage each food type causes

• The general community

  Remove all soft drink and junk food machines from the whole community Make the installation of reasonable numbers of drinking fountains compulsory for all public buildings and shopping centres

• Governments

  Put real money into food education promoting foods that are simultaneously good for us and the world. No longer accept political donations from corporate donors Ban political lobbyists. Subsidize only sustainable agriculture. Outlaw factory farming. Make training in environmental science compulsory for all politicians.

• The stock exchanges and investment community

  Reward  corporations for long term sustainability rather than short term profits for shareholders

  Some of the above is based on ideas in Marion Nestle's book "What to Eat".

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