Angus Brendan MacNeil
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(12 years, 4 months ago)
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Lynne Featherstone
I congratulate my hon. Friend on the work that she and the APPG do on body image issues. It is important that the link between dieting and eating disorders is looked at closely. She rightly mentions that 95% of diets fail. As a Government, we believe that a diet is not just for Christmas but must be about one’s lifestyle. The best advice is common sense. It is to eat healthily all year round and take appropriate amounts of exercise.
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP)
Dieting and calorie counting can be positive as well as negative, as has just been pointed out. A positive development might be to have calorific information on alcoholic drinks as well as the unit count. Have the Government given any consideration to that?
Lynne Featherstone
The hon. Gentleman raises an interesting point and I will take it up with the appropriate Minister.