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The NHS needs to play its part in the fight against obesity by banning fast-food outlets such as McDonald’s and Burger King from hospitals, MPs have said.
Parliament’s health select committee calls for the ban as part of a raft of measures to tackle the growing number of Britons who are becoming dangerously overweight.
In a report on the impact of physical activity and diet on health, the committee endorses the view of Prof Theresa Marteau, an expert in public health at Cambridge University, that hospitals are being negligent by allowing such firms to operate in places that promote good health.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/mar/25/ban-fast-food-outlets-nhs-hospitals-mps
Not only this, but they ought to be serving high quality, healthy food to the patients, I am sure this would improve patient recovery. Instead, food is seen as a cost-saving exercise by going to the lowest bidder. James Martin showed it can be done - good food doesn't have to be more expensive! 🙄 Presumably, the fast food outlets bring income to the hospitals and that is why they are there
Parliament’s health select committee calls for the ban as part of a raft of measures to tackle the growing number of Britons who are becoming dangerously overweight.
In a report on the impact of physical activity and diet on health, the committee endorses the view of Prof Theresa Marteau, an expert in public health at Cambridge University, that hospitals are being negligent by allowing such firms to operate in places that promote good health.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/mar/25/ban-fast-food-outlets-nhs-hospitals-mps
Not only this, but they ought to be serving high quality, healthy food to the patients, I am sure this would improve patient recovery. Instead, food is seen as a cost-saving exercise by going to the lowest bidder. James Martin showed it can be done - good food doesn't have to be more expensive! 🙄 Presumably, the fast food outlets bring income to the hospitals and that is why they are there