Selling to under-16s could be banned

Selling energy drinks to under-16s could be banned in Wales in a bid to tackle childhood obesity.

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More than one in four children are overweight when they start primary school, according to official figures.

Under Welsh government proposals, takeaways could also be stopped from opening near schools and free soft drink refills could be banned.

The consultations are aimed at informing new legislation to try to improve the health of young people.

The UK government launched a consultation on plans to ban the sale of energy drinks in England to anybody under 18.

Currently, identification is not legally required but some supermarkets already stop under-16s from buying soft drinks with high-caffeine content - mostly those with more than 150mg of per litre, which carry a warning stating they are not recommended for children.

"We're looking at things like price promotions where unhealthy food is cited in supermarkets, having calorie labelling in takeaways and restaurants, so it's a whole range of measures that we're consulting on," said deputy minister for mental health, Lynne Neagle.

Ms Neagle met pupils at Whitchurch High School in Cardiff where nutritional values form part of lessons about food.

"They were brilliant and really well-informed and thought that education was really important and that there were other things as well that we could do such as making the labelling warning of the dangers for young people more prominent," she said.