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Sugar and salt should be taxed and vegetables prescribed by the NHS, an independent review of the food we eat has suggested.

The report, led by businessman Henry Dimbleby, said taxes raised could extend free school meal provision and support better diets among the poorest.

He asked "is the freedom to keep Frosties cheap worth destroying the NHS?"

Today's Nick Robinson also heard from Stephanie Curran, who runs a food poverty charity; Kim, mother of four; Justin King, former Sainsbury's chief executive and was on the advisory panel for the report; Minette Batters, National Farmers' Union president; and Tim Lang, Professor Emeritus of food policy at City University of London.

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