article_snippet: Snacking on unhealthy food should be viewed in the same way as smoking indoors, a leading anti-obesity expert has today claimed (file image)
article_snippet: Professor Susan Jebb, from Oxford University, said social norms are 'terribly important', and as such, grazing on unhealthy snacks should be frowned upon.
article_snippet: Faffing about talking about food choices will no longer achieve the results we all want to see.'
article_snippet: Professor Jebb, told The Times: 'When I was small, eating or drinking on the street was really, really bad form. '
article_snippet: The other norm I worry about is around vegetable eating, because in our house it would be inconceivable if a meal didn't come with vegetables... yet you go and have a meal out and often a meal will come without vegetables, you will have to buy those separately.'
article_snippet: She said: 'It sends out a powerful message that these are unhealthy foods and it is one way to start shifting consumer behaviour.'
article_snippet: She questioned when as a society we will get to the point where it becomes normal to view vegetables as an integral part of each meal.
article_snippet: And She championed a more structured approach to meals, with less emphasis on grazing, noting when snacking it is difficult to know how much you have eaten.
article_snippet: Professor Jebb added: 'It sends out a powerful message that these are unhealthy foods and it is one way to start shifting consumer behaviour.'
article_snippet: The wish list that we can change attitudes towards not snacking in public is, in my view, unrealistic,' MailOnline said. '
article_snippet: we now have the mind set that we eat on the go, snacking anywhere, in front of the TV, in the car, anywhere. '
article_snippet: There is good evidence that suggests meal times are now set when people choose people to be, rather than being the set morning, lunch time and evening meals. '
highlights_snippet: Professor Susan Jebb says snacking on unhealthy food and meals served without vegetables should be viewed in the same way as smoking indoors .
  
highlights_snippet: Said social norms are 'terribly important' and championed structured meals over grazing, where social norms is harder to know how much you eat .