Restaurants need to print calorie information on menus to ensure diners know how healthy their meals are, says the Government.
Calls from health secretary Andrew Lansley urged businesses to set a target date by which they will set out the nutritional value of products to their customers.
He said: 'Our aim is to give people the help and advice they need to adopt a healthy lifestyle, and I want to make it as easy as possible for them to do that.
Calls from health secretary Andrew Lansley urged businesses to set a target date by which they will set out the nutritional value of products to their customers.
He said: 'Our aim is to give people the help and advice they need to adopt a healthy lifestyle, and I want to make it as easy as possible for them to do that.
'That's why we're working with industry to bring in calorie information on menus.
'As a nation we are too unhealthy. We cost the NHS billions of pounds a year through bad diet, lack of exercise and poor lifestyle choices. We can and we must improve this.'
He suggested the voluntary move as he introduced plans for a network of businesses, health charities and public health experts to help people live longer, healthier lives'. The group would address the issue of calorie labelling as part of its
'As a nation we are too unhealthy. We cost the NHS billions of pounds a year through bad diet, lack of exercise and poor lifestyle choices. We can and we must improve this.'
He suggested the voluntary move as he introduced plans for a network of businesses, health charities and public health experts to help people live longer, healthier lives'. The group would address the issue of calorie labelling as part of its
hwork.
healthier.
Today, the agency will release details of 33 companies which decreased their portion sizes and changed the ingredients in some of their products.
They include Pizza Hut, which reduced the salt in its pizzas by 5 per cent to comply with FSA guidelines, and coffee outlet Costa, which now offers lower fat sandwiches and muffins.
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I think this is excellent news if we can see the calorific content of food in restaurants.
I would also like to see some kind of law where if a shop or store is selling chocolate, crips and other confectionary by the till that they must have an equal ratio of fruit or health food snacks.
What do you think?
The first companies to introduce calorie labelling - including Burger King, Pizza Hut and Pret a Manger - did so with few problems, according to The Food Standards Agency (FSA).
The call for calorie information to be more easily available comes as the FSA announces that some of the UK's largest companies have made their menus
The call for calorie information to be more easily available comes as the FSA announces that some of the UK's largest companies have made their menus
healthier.
Today, the agency will release details of 33 companies which decreased their portion sizes and changed the ingredients in some of their products.
They include Pizza Hut, which reduced the salt in its pizzas by 5 per cent to comply with FSA guidelines, and coffee outlet Costa, which now offers lower fat sandwiches and muffins.
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I think this is excellent news if we can see the calorific content of food in restaurants.
I would also like to see some kind of law where if a shop or store is selling chocolate, crips and other confectionary by the till that they must have an equal ratio of fruit or health food snacks.
What do you think?