Boris Johnson was defending a new food strategy which ignores some of the recommendations made in a major review by Henry Dimbleby - including a salt and sugar tax
He denied that the government was failing to tackle obesity, saying it had worked with the food and drink industry to reduce salt and sugar levels in food.
He cited the current economic climate in which"everybody can see the effects of the global energy price spike". But Mr Dimbleby offered a stark view of the problems caused by what the nation eats, telling Sky News:"We have a food system that makes us sick. "In the end our food system will change because by definition it can't survive as it is," Mr Dimbleby said.
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