Ministers urged to ban fast food outlets from opening near schools

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health says councils need increased powers to help combat childhood obesity

Fast food outlets should be banned from opening 400 metres from schools in England, according to leading child doctors.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health urged the government to introduce the measure as part of its updated childhood obesity strategy, published this summer.

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