Consult with Eating Disorder specialists about new weight loss guidance.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The government should be consulting with eating disorder and nutritional specialists to make decisions about how to encourage the UK public to make healthy food choices. The plans should be supportive of all people, and should not have a detrimental effect on the most vulnerable in society.

Displaying calorie information on restaurant menus enables and encourages eating disorder behaviours, and harms the recovery plans that those in recovery have put in place with their ED specialists. Between 1.25 and 3.4 million people in the UK are experiencing an eating disorder (this doesn’t include those suffering alone), and diagnosis rate is on the rise every year. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder, making those suffering very vulnerable.

Why it was rejected

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

We think this petition is similar:
Review proposed obesity measures to help those with eating disorders

Timeline

30 Jul 2020	Petition opened for signatures
6 Aug 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 6 Aug 2020

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