Takeaway restaurants across the UK could be hit with a £1,000 'fat tax' to help cut rising levels of obesity among children.
Burger bars, kebab houses and fish and chip shops would be forced to pay the levy before being allowed to open their doors to the public.
The charge would also hit High Street fast food giants like McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Pizza Hut and Dominos.
The 'fat tax' would be spent on specific programmes aimed at promoting healthy eating among children.
The pioneering scheme is set to be launched in Oldham where levels of obesity among children are higher than the national average.
Around one in four children living in the town are obese compared to less than one in five children nationally.
