Stop restaurants from writing calories and exercise guidance on menus

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government has recently started a campaign to enforce the showing of calories on menus and labels and sometimes provide exercise guidance to burn off what you eat. This sort of information should not unavoidably visible- instead, it should be available for those who wish to see it.

Calorie counting is incredibly dangerous: not only is it inaccurate, but it is also triggering for eating disorders. Obesity is a very real risk but eating disorders have the highest mortality rate in the mental health sector. It is very easy to be consumed by exercise and restricting food or purging; people should be allowed to chose from a menu freely without worrying about what it means.

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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