SUSANNA Reid admitted today she's gained weight after gorging on bags of chocolate in lockdown.

The Good Morning Britain host confessed a single bar of chocolate is not enough when she needs a sweet treat.

Susanna, 50, revealed her eating habit during a chat about plans to slap huge taxes on sugary and salty foods – that will send prices rocketing and cost every household an extra £172.

She opened up during a debate with co-host Richard Madeley, who moaned about the shrinking size of a Mars bar over the years saying "it's now a little stick".

Susanna added: "Yes well when I go into a shop these things are massive now, there are sharing packs.

"I mean who buys a sharing pack and then shares it?

"I mean look at the lockdown pounds. It's all below the desk."

Government Food Tsar Henry Dimbleby unveiled plans for the £6-a-kilo tax on salty treats and a £3-a-kilo sugary food levy.

It would send the cost of every day foods like crisps, crumpets, jam and sweets soaring.

The nanny-state scheme would cost shoppers £4.8billion a year, says the Taxpayers’ Alliance – which they say will go towards providing free school meals.

Mr Dimbleby, the multimillionaire founder of the Leon fast food chain, unveiled his 288-page report demanding a total change in what we eat in a bid to tackle obesity and climate change.

He insisted Brits must slash the amount of meat they consume by 30 per cent — and suggested families swap sausages for insects or artificial meat.

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Susanna previously lost weight when she gave up booze in 2019 but recently said she can't fit into her old dresses" after adding a few pounds to the scales in lockdown.

Last month, Susanna said said her "hot girl summer is a few months off" after her weight gain.

During the second lockdown, Susanna revealed she piled on a stone in.

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