On average, people eat one meal a day outside of the family home, and there is concern that in most cases they are in the dark about the healthiness or otherwise of the food they consume.
As part of the Government’s new “responsibility deal,” ministers believe that rather than being told how to eat, individuals should be empowered to take their own decisions about becoming healthier.
In order to do that, they believe that more information needs to be made available, so that the public have the tools to look after themselves in the absence of the “nanny state”.
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