2 Oct 2025

Should NZ ban deals on junk food?

From Checkpoint, 4:06 pm on 2 October 2025

Buy one get one free, multi deals for junk or unhealthy food and free refills for fizz are now banned in England. The range of foods included is vast, from potato chips, pre package pizza and icecreams to pastries and crumbed fish sticks. It is all part of a government plan to combat obesity particularly in children. Professor of population nutrition at Auckland University, Boyd Swinburn about whether New Zealand should follow suit.