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MPs Propose Fast-Food Near Schools Ban, Labeling Push

7/15/2026

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MPs propose banning fast-food outlets near schools and outlawing outdoor ads for unhealthy foods.
The committee calls for mandatory front-of-pack labeling, supermarket targets, and criticises the Labour government, noting 66% of adults and 28% of teens are overweight or obese.
MPs say loopholes let fast-food chains be treated as restaurants, enabling challenges that blocked councils, and note Gateshead’s 2015 restrictions reduced childhood obesity as KFC won cases against 43 councils.

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MPs propose banning fast-food outlets near schools and outlawing outdoor ads for unhealthy foods.
The committee calls for mandatory front-of-pack labeling, supermarket targets, and criticises the Labour government, noting 66% of adults and 28% of teens are overweight or obese.
MPs say loopholes let fast-food chains be treated as restaurants, enabling challenges that blocked councils, and note Gateshead’s 2015 restrictions reduced childhood obesity as KFC won cases against 43 councils.