Cigarette-style warning labels should be on everyday food, say campaigners

Health charities call for taxes on salty products and bans on junk food sponsorship of sport to help cut deaths from heart disease

Hard-hitting cigarette-style warning labels should be put on everyday foodstuffs, new taxes imposed on salty products and junk food sponsorship of sport banned to cut rising deaths from heart disease, health campaigners have said.

These bold" measures should be imposed as part of a determined drive to reduce the number of people dying prematurely from heart attacks and strokes, they said.