Response 450681853

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Introduction

1. Do you agree that the businesses listed above should be included within an Out of Home strategy for Scotland?

Please select one item
Yes
No

Addressing excess calories

2. Which of the following measures should be taken to reduce excessive calorie contents of food and drinks eaten outside the home?

Please select all that apply
reducing portion sizes
changing recipes e.g. by reducing fats and sugars and increasing fruit/vegetable/bean/pulses and fibre content
applying maximum calorie limits
applying maximum energy densities (calories per 100g)
ensuring single serve packs are available as an alternative to packs containing multiple servings
excluding very high calorie menu items
Other
Please explain your answer/s.
I know as a professional H Ecs Teacher that reducing sugar and salt will eventually go unnoticed by most.

Provision of small or half portions

3. Do you agree that consumers should routinely have easy access to small or half portions?

Please select one item
Yes
No
Please explain your answer.
Quite often outside the portions are excessive and greedy people will eat what is put down to them, without considering the consequences.

Calorie labelling at the point of choice

4. Should calorie labelling at the point of choice* apply in Scotland?

Please select one item
Yes
No
Please explain your answer.
Unsure if those who are overweight will read this, but the labelling now colour coded could be an incentive to put back on the shelf.

5. As a food business, would MenuCal help you to provide calorie labelling?

Please select one item
Yes
No
Please explain your answer.
If someone is in the food business they should be able to look up the calories themselves, and they should know the foods which are fattening and those which aren't. This is just another expense.

6. As a food business, what additional support would you require to provide calorie labelling?

It would be a great idea.

Mandatory or voluntary calorie labelling at the point of choice

7. Should calorie labelling at point of choice be made mandatory in Scotland?

Please select one item
Yes
No
Please explain your answer.
Help those who don't understand.

8. Should any business be exempt from mandatory calorie labelling at the point of choice?

Please select one item
Yes
No

Full nutrition information for consumers

9. Where nutrition information is provided online and on printed materials should it be standardised in the way set out in the table above?

Please select one item
Yes
No
Please explain your answer.
Very simple to understand.

10. Where nutrition information is provided online or on printed materials, should it be mandatory that it is standardised in the way set out in the table above?

Please select one item
Yes
No
Please explain your answer.
Takes away from the table experience. Menu would be sufficient.

Promotion and marketing

11. Which actions would change promotion and marketing practices to support healthier eating outside the home?

Please select all that apply
Businesses dropping practices that encourage overconsumption
Businesses positively marketing and promoting healthier choices
Raising consumer awareness through the use of social marketing campaigns
Other
Please explain your answer/s.
Quite clear that overconsumption and unhealthy eating results in obesity and ill health.

Food provided in the vicinity of schools

12. What types of actions could be taken to improve the food provided Out of Home in the vicinity of schools?

No cakes/biscuits in the canteens at all. Only wholesome foods in schools. Out of school facilities should not be allowed to serve school children at all.

Children eating Out of Home

13. Which of the following should be changed to improve food provided for children:

Please select all that apply
Less reliance on menus specifically for children
Provision of children’s portions from adult menu items
Increased use of vegetables and fruit in dishes, sides and desserts
Reduced reliance on breaded/fried products
Reduced reliance on chips
Plain water and milk offered as standard options
Reduction of drinks with added sugar
Reduction of high sugar dessert options
Reduction of confectionery and crisps
No changes are required
Other

Enabling change

14. Do you agree that recognition schemes are an effective means of supporting healthier eating in the Out of Home sector?

Please select one item
Yes
No
If no, what other approaches would enable businesses to make the changes needed?
Schemes are just what they suggest. It is education of food from a young age that will relieve the issue of obesity. Starting with Nursery age children being taught by professional food people.

The public sector as an exemplar

15. Do you agree that the following actions should be adopted by the public sector?

Please select one item
Yes
No
Please explain your answer.
It is all about education and if all food businesses adhere, it will become the norm. Presently the American way of filling up plates, eating large portions and high sugar content food is the norm.

Inequality

16. Would the proposals outlined in this consultation impact on the people of Scotland with respect to:

Please explain your answer, considering both potentially positive and negative impacts, supported by evidence, and, if applicable, advise on any mitigating actions we should take.
People are people, equality is not an issue when it comes to eating healthy, nutritious food. Even food banks need to consider what they are doing, methinks that it would be better to have the equivelent of soup kitchens, making healthy food.

Any Other Comments

17. Please outline any other comments you wish to make.

The government needs to train more HEcs teachers, put them into Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools. Forget about Hospitality, bring back Food and Nutrition and there will be less of an issue.

About You

18. What is your name?

Name
Carol Huggan

20. Are you responding as an individual or an organisation?

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(Required)
Individual
Organisation