Scrap plans to make calorie information mandatory on menus

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The proposed measures of making calorie information mandatory on menus could be incredibly damaging to the 1.25 million people in the United Kingdom who suffer from Eating Disorders, including Anorexia Nervosa, which has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder.

Research into including calorie information on menus shows that it -at best- has no/little effect, and -at worst- can be damaging. Furthermore, it wrongly promotes calorie counting, and the idea that a lower calorie food is healthier, when it in fact just provides less energy. If this plan goes ahead, the information should be available on a separate menu or online, to make it possible to be avoided.
Issues and sources can be found here: https://1drv.ms/w/s!AlXHZGFP3hTOikZvn_hhgK_fnIjh?e=BR8aFX

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Stop the plan to include calorie counts on menus

Timeline

28 Jul 2020	Petition opened for signatures
3 Aug 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 3 Aug 2020

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