Petition · past parliament
Stop the addition of calories to menues in U.K. restaurants
Rejected
12 signatures
What the petition asks
The government recently announced their plan to add the calorie count of meals to menues in restaurants, this can be extremely detrimental and should be prevented.
It’s estimated up to 3 million people in the U.K. suffer from eating disorders - adding calories to menues in hope of ‘decreasing obesity’ will only be of detriment to eating disorder sufferers, and others too. Calorie counting is a practice not encourage by dieticians, and should not be encouraged by the government. A more healthy alternative may be to help reduce the cost of nutritional foods.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 28 Jul 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 3 Aug 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
12
Status
Rejected
Rejected
3 Aug 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.