Bringing cake into the office is akin to passive smoking, the head of the UK's food regulator has said, as she called for doctors to talk to patients about their weight
Professor Susan Jebb, chairwoman of the Food Standards Agency, also claimed that the advertising of junk food is "undermining people's free will".
“We all like to think we’re rational, intelligent, educated people who make informed choices the whole time and we undervalue the impact of the environment,” she told the Times. With smoking, after a very long time, we have got to a place where we understand that individuals have to make some effort but that we can make their efforts more successful by having a supportive environment. But we still don’t feel like that about food.”
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