“Putting calories on menus is not going to solve the obesity crisis. Priya Tew, an eating order dietician says these new rules are “highly worrying”. The amount of calories someone needs is dependent on many variables and isn’t a one size fits all approach. Those who are worried about the labelling worry that only providing calories as the sole, fixed measure of health is also inaccurate. Although a more recent study found that calorie labelling in US fast food restaurants was associated with a 4 per cent reduction in calories per order, this reduction diminished over one year of follow-up, suggesting any small differences that may occur are not maintained." Along with this, the legislation would not apply in schools, which could have been enormously damaging for young people.īeat also says there’s "little evidence to suggest that the legislation will be effective”, explaining: “A 2018 Cochrane review called Nutritional labelling for healthier food or non‐alcoholic drink purchasing and consumption found that there is only a small body of low-quality evidence supporting the idea that calorie counts on menus lead to a reduction in calories purchased. Campaigners, including Beat, did manage to ensure that customers are allowed to ask for a menu without calories on it, but say this still singles people out.
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