A limit on salt in common food items and the addition of folic acid to flour were among a raft of public health measures voted through at the British Medical Association’s annual representative meeting.

In a wide ranging debate delegates also passed motions against the sale of children’s play areas for development and called on the government for a “Tobin tax”—a 0.05% tax on the banking sector to raise money for public services.

However, more controversial motions supporting a fat tax and banning alcohol sales at garage forecourts were defeated.

In a long debate on tackling obesity Louisa Harding of the Junior Doctors Committee told delegates that the …