£200k for fridges to cut obesity

THE Scottish Government will outlay some-more than �200,000 a year on on condition that shops with refrigerators and shelves to arrangement full of health food, it was voiced today. It follows the phenomenon of a new plumpness plan to diminish the flourishing series of overweight Scots.In 2008, only over a entertain of adults and fifteen per cent of young kids in Scotland were obese. If stream trends continue, 40 per cent of ScoADVERTISEMENTts will be classed as portly twenty years from now, with an estimated �3 billion cost to the nation, according to the government.Public health apportion Shona Robison pronounced the supervision would deposit �679,000 over 3 years, suited by a �650,000 investment from retailers, to magnify the Scottish Grocers" Federation Healthy Living programme.The programme aims to pointer up some-more stores, enhance the range of full of health dishes accessible in shops and commander a intrigue to have healthier "meal deals" accessible in stores close to schools.It will additionally emanate a "gold standard" for stores who wish to go the additional mile in compelling healthier foods.Robison said: "Extending this programme will have a outrageous disproportion to the accessibility of affordable, full of health food in shops."Scottish Grocers" Federation arch senior manager John Drummond pronounced the programme was "a indication of a successful partnership".Meanwhile, a supervision orator pronounced the full of health vital programme now has 625 members. He combined that retailers reported 56 per cent of their consumers are shopping some-more ripened offspring and vegetables than they did 3 years ago.