Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies has delivered a report that calls for a ban on food and drink on local transport with exceptions for water, breast-feeding and medical conditions.

The proposal also recommends extra taxes and tighter restrictions on advertising and takeaways. It’s aim is to tackle the UK’s high child obesity rates.

Specific measures include:

- Phasing out all marketing, advertising and sponsorship of unhealthy food and drink

- Providing free water refills to be available at all food outlets, transport stations and public sector buildings

- Extending the sugar tax to include milk-based drinks

- Adding VAT to unhealthy food products that are currently zero-rated, such as cakes

Commuters aren’t happy about the proposed snacking on public transport ban