Chief Medical Officer wants food banned on public transport to fight obesity

The outgoing Chief Medical Officer in the UK, Dame Sally Davies, has published her final report, looking at childhood obesity.
Key highlights of the report include: 1 in 3 primary school children in the UK are overweight or obese, the equivalent of 13 school buses of children a week are having teeth extracted in hospital under general anaesthetic for tooth decay, and 1.2m children now need medical help due to clinical obesity.
Key proposals include bans on advertising and promoting junk food, a ban on eating and drinking on public transport (except water or for medical grounds), a big VAT hike on high salt/high sugar/high fat foods, an exemption for VAT on healthy foods, and an introduction of plain packaging (like tobacco) for unhealthy foods.

The report is pretty hard hitting with some firm proposals which could have impacts on the food and beverage industry & media sectors.
Boris Johnson earlier this year prevented the extension of the sugar tax to milkshakes claiming it would be too "nanny state". The report takes a dig at government saying they have a “duty and moral responsibility to uphold children's rights and the quality of the environment in which they live".
There is a 90% correlation with obesity and the development of type 2 diabetes within 10 years.
If these proposals are adopted (or even some of them), then food companies will be following the path of the soft drinks industry who have reformulated and cut sugar content substantially.