Submitted on Friday 14th May 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 18th May 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reconsider plans to force restaurants to display calorie information
Government efforts to combat obesity do not consider the most significant impact: constant exposure to calories will hamper recovery from eating disorders and encourage their development. We therefore request that the government reconsider these plans to avoid a mental and physical health disaster.
Although well-meaning, these plans will make it impossible for anyone recovering from eating disorders to eat out, and encourage unhealthy eating patterns, presenting calories as an enemy. Calories are often already available to see if you choose, but this would mean you can not choose not to see them- how is this fair? Eating disorders cause, directly and indirectly, thousands of deaths, significant strain on the NHS, and massive heartache for sufferers and their loved ones.
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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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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/585685
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