The Lagos State House of Assembly is to regulate the operations of fast food producers so as to eliminate those taking advantage of the business to sell ‘Junk food.’

The Chairman of the House Committee on Health  Services, Mr. Sikiru Alvoseh who disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos, said  that the Assembly will soon enact a law that would check the excesses of fast food producers.

He said “most of the food prepared by various restaurants were ‘junk’ foods and these ‘Junk’ foods are harmful to human health.”

Avoseh said that the House would strive to emulate the National Assembly which he noted was planning to ban the importation, distribution and consumption of energy drinks in the country.

“The presence of Caffeine in energy drinks is injurious to the human body; some people take these foods ignorantly, without considering its side effect on their body. Most of the foods are junks which are not good for our consumption. Junk food should not replace our normal food, as most of them contains too much fat and sugar,” he added.

The law maker said that many people had been addicted to eating junk foods, adding that such dietry habits often resulted in either obesity or diabetes, while posing serious health threats to the body.

Avoseh reiterated that junk food did not contain the nutrients adding that fast food does not have adequate amount of protein and carbohydrates which the body needs.

He however stressed that Nigeria was endowened with a wide variety of healthy foods which were good for human consumption and that a lot of money was spent on health due to diseases which could be prevented through purposeful policies and laws.