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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.
Easy step by step guide for all types of business would help shape and drive forward change
Depending on where food is being made available - some high calorie items should remain but be highlighted in RED - not if a hospital has a visitors café - a patient may eat there with visitors and additional calories would be in some cases of great benefit, along with eating disorders - such as anorexia or mental health issues where high calories are a benefit this is where portion sizes could be used (reducing)
People of Scotland need to be educated in food buying/cooking and understanding from a very early stage in life and parents should be held responsible for allowing children to much "bad food"

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.
Smaller options would be a great choice - rather than offer half portions offer different portion sizes
offer additional "healthy" sides such as vegetables, baked potato, piece of fruit

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.
I think that it must be displayed clearly and made easy for everyone to understand

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

Please select one item
Yes
No
Please explain your answer.
I am not a business but in my job understanding calorie labelling is important so this would be a great tool to use for allergens etc as well

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

Not applicable to me

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.
It should not exclude any business regardless of size - it should be once for Scotland approach
although I believe it should be once for the UK approach so that all businesses - such as a coffee shop chains means that everyone would recognise and understand the labelling

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.
Although - this could lead to skipped calories if the whole product is not consumed - for example (half of the roll, none of the salad) but the overall calories would be a great start especially "Per Portion Served"

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

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.
I agree that all these point would help to encourage the consumer to make better choices

I still think that there is a lot of work required to educate people on the basics of food

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?

Local shops and businesses near schools should offer better choices and encourage these choices by offering less HFSS foods
bring back subjects such as "home economics" which should be made compulsory for at least 1 year that teaches all the benefits of healthy choices, giving basic tools sets for understanding calories/food choices/health along with basic cooking skills

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 yes, please outline your views on the key components required for a flexible recognition scheme(s)
I currently believe that may of the schemes need to be re-looked at to update them
I currently believe that for example the HRS is not effective due to lack of understanding by the people running or pushing the programme
If people are not educated enough to understand what the benefits are then not any one scheme will be successful
- health choices of food
- affordability
- better labelling
- easy to understand
- calorie and fat counter made available that is designed and free for every one
- doctors/nurses understanding nutrition and advising

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.
All of the above should be displayed and practiced by all public sector organisations

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.
I think that all people regardless of circumstances such as high deprived areas, can still have access to healthier foods (not rely on convenience), lots of supermarkets offer foods such as vegetables, potatoes, bread, milk at cheap affordable prices, so further education and understanding by all - could help drive forward better health benefits
free school meals and drinks
Investment in people and skills would be a great advantage for driving change

About You

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

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Individual
Organisation