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Not make it mandatory for big hospitality firms to put calories on their menu

Submitted on Wednesday 12th May 2021

Rejected on Tuesday 18th May 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Not make it mandatory for big hospitality firms to put calories on their menu

Petition Details

I want the government to not make it mandatory for big hospitality firms to put calories on their menus.

1.25 million people in the UK have an eating disorder and it is the mental health issue that leads to the most deaths. I have nearly been a part of that statistic.

Additional Information

There are several problems with doing this:

-displaying calories can be extremely triggering for people with eating disorders who are trying to recover.
-it can make people become obsessed with calorie counting (lead to an eating disorder)
-it shows the government's lack of education surrounding causes of obesity. People do not overweight because of lack of understanding of calories, atleast speak to an expert in eating problems (a psychologist)
-People overeat as a coping mechanism


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This petition was rejected

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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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/585685

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