Popcorns in movie halls can contain too much salt and sugar for comfort

Those who are worried about health and obesity are hereby warned that popcorn in cinema halls can contain the equivalent of five days’ worth of sugar consumption in a single pack. And, some other brands contain so much salt that they can provide the entire daily consumption of salty that is recommended for an adult.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 18 June 2015.

The above data has been released by campaigners who say that food companies have effectively hijacked what could be a healthy snack and, instead, created a junk food that adds to obesity and ill health.
The campaigners have found that a number of new brands has come up in the recent past – these offer gourmet flavors and even boast that they are ‘skinny’ on the label. Some of them may be healthier than a bag of crisps but, the brands that are sold at cinema outlets have a large dose of sugar, salt and calories.
As per the survey, seven in ten sweet popcorns that are sold in cinemas, stores and cafes should have the red warning logo for high sugar based on Food Standards Agency health measures. In the same way, one in four of the savory popcorn packs contain dangerously high levels of salt and should carry some sort of warning.
The figures have been compiled by Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) – they have requested cinemas, retailers and manufacturers to change their recipes.
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Britain mulling idea to ban high-sugar food for children

Alarmed at the growing rate of obesity among children, Britain is toying with the idea to ban high-sugar content foods for children.
As per the latest Health Survey for England it is revealed that 28% of children aged between two and 15 were classed as overweight or obese and that a number of popular children's breakfast cereals contain as much as 30% sugar.
If it had its way, Labour would outlaw high levels of sugar, fat and salt in children's food and have GPs prescribe exercise. This has been indicated by Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary. In his opinion, many more actions would be necessary to tackle lifestyle problems as part of NHS reforms. He has added that it was a matter of grave concern about the level of sugar being fed to children and pledged it was time to tackle the food industry.
He has remarked that he was considering how to impose a mandatory maximum limit on fat, salt and sugar in foods that are consumed by children. One method would be to tackle lifestyle and Andy Burnham has suggested that family doctors should refer patients for exercise to help them tackle weight and healthy eating problems.
Incidentally, the Action on Sugar group of specialists are concerned with sugar and its effects on health and wants a ‘sugar tax’ imposed. As per this group, one in five 10 to 11-year-olds in the UK are now obese, while one in three are overweight. In order to check this trend, some measures should be introduced to cut added sugar in food by 40% by 2020, to cut fat in foods and to ban sports sponsorship by "junk food" companies.