This must be a first for me but I actually agree with Tony Abbott! He has called for fast food companies to show the calorie content of their food to their customers...Wow! What a revolutionary perspective - giving consumers clear, concise information on what they are eating. Predictably, the fast food giants are fighting the move with Con Mormanis of the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia saying he believed that people should "take responsibility for their own health and welfare, and that includes nutritional selections".
That's all very well and good but surely in order to make an informed choice you need to know what the food contains? Fast food companies depend on misinformation and deception to sell their products so when anyone tries to get them to act in a more ethical way they can see their profits falling in front of their eyes. To be honest, seeing a calorie content of even 1000cal wouldn't stop me eating a Whopper burger after a night on the tiles, but it might make those people who eat them on a more regular basis think about the damage they are doing to their bodies.
There are warnings on fag packets and bottles of booze - with obesity becoming a major public health issue then I can't see why the same rule cannot apply to fast food.
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Well if your daily calorie intake a day should be what, 2200 for men (?) then eating one burger consisting of 800 calories would probably be a bad idea. It may not stop people but I think people would be able to make a more informed decision.
It turns out it is 2500cal for men. I thought most people knew it was somewhere over 2000 for men and just under 2000 for women? Hey, I found out as a necessity of suddenly gaining a beer belly at the age of 27...
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