Submitted on Wednesday 29th July 2020
Rejected on Monday 3rd August 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Petition against "Obesity Campaign" and Calorie Labelling in Restaurants/Bars
I am asking the Government to retract the idea of adding calories to restaurant and bar menus. I have had disordered eating my entire adult life and have just got a hold on it. Adding calories to menus would bring my disordered eating back, and worsen the mental health state of thousands.
"Using menu labels to limit calories was related to binge eating among women and was associated with more weight-related concerns, dieting, and unhealthy weight control behaviors among both women and men" Larson et al., 2018
Mental health services in the NHS are already hugely stretched. Calorie labeled menus will not only worsen the mental state of those currently seeking help for eating disorders but will increase the number of suffers.
This spike in demand for MH services is avoidable.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/332940
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