India proposes banning junk food sales in school canteens and within 50 meters of schools to curb rising obesity and diabetes rates among children ▻ ↧ India takes battle against junk food to shops near schools India is moving closer to new regulations to restrict the sale of foods high in fat and sugar ​within a 50-metre radius of schools, the latest proposal to cut the consumption of junk food in a country battling growing rates of obesity, especially among children.