Back in 2016, Government of Sri Lanka imposed a new rule on the amount of sugar, salt and fat contained in the packet food. Because of the modern consumer culture, many people rely on these packed junk food on market-separate. Therefore, the Ministry of Education projected in the near 10 years the amount of people suffering from chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension and high blood cholesterol will be doubled. These diseases are not just isolated diseases but also risk factors for many other health conditions. For instance, if individual suffers from diabetes for more than 10 years, it can cause many microvascular and macrovascular complications and eventually it can cause multi-organ failure. When it comes to hypertension, it can substantially damage the function of kidney. And on the other hand, if it comes to high blood cholesterol, that’s a risk factor for individuals to having future myocardial infarctions and strokes. Considering these individuals with these diseases can largely strain the resources of government and it can just overbite the health care system. Government imposed this rule as a measure to prevent this from happening. So, the rule was the companies who manufactured these junk foods have to clearly mention the amount of sugar, salt and fat composition of their food in the package label giving the customers a choice. And on the other hand, government also gave them a maximum limit. If the manufacturer exceed the limit, then government will impose some additional tax that was mainly to encourage consumers from per seging these products. And other than that, government censored that these manufacturers mainly aim children when it comes to advertising. So, they specially censored these kind of advertisements and regulatory
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Back in 2016, the Government of Sri Lanka imposed a new rule on the amount of sugar, salt, and fat contained in packaged food. Because of modern consumer culture, many people rely on these packaged junk foods available in the market. Therefore, the Ministry of Education projected that in the next 10 years, the number of people suffering from chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and high blood cholesterol will double. These diseases are not just isolated conditions but also risk factors for many other health issues. For instance, if an individual suffers from diabetes for more than 10 years, it can cause many microvascular and macrovascular complications and eventually lead to multi-organ failure. When it comes to hypertension, it can substantially damage kidney function. On the other hand, high blood cholesterol is a risk factor for individuals having future myocardial infarctions and strokes. Considering that individuals with these diseases can significantly strain government resources and overwhelm the healthcare system, the government imposed this rule as a preventive measure. The rule requires companies that manufacture junk foods to clearly mention the amounts of sugar, salt, and fat composition on their packaging, giving customers a choice. Additionally, the government set maximum limits. If manufacturers exceed these limits, the government will impose additional taxes to discourage consumers from purchasing these products. Furthermore, the government restricted these manufacturers from primarily targeting children in their advertising, specifically censoring such advertisements.
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