Rejected petition UK GOVERNMENT: Don't list calories on menus

Stop calorie labelling on UK menus. When the government announced the proposals two years ago, eating disorder recovery charity Beat said that “evidence shows that calorie labelling exacerbates eating disorders of all kinds,”

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Boris Johnson’s government plans to introduce legislation forcing restaurants and cafes with over 250 employees to put calorie counts on their menus. Calorie labelling on menus has been branded 'dangerous' and 'disappointing' by eating disorder campaigners. (Credit: Eater, London) "It's going to completely overwhelm and alienate people who are living with an eating disorder. I think it's really negligent and I'm really angry about it," said Alice Cachia,.(Credit:Manchester Evening News)

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Date submitted 28 July 2020
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