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Dec 11

Labelling food with exercise required to burn it off ‘can curb obesity’ – The Telegraph

Replacing calories with "exercise required" on food labelling would ease obesity, Royal Society for Public Health has said.

The charity claims that new evidence has shown that labelling food with how much exercise would be needed to burn it off, rather than how many calories it contains, is a key towards encouraging healthy lifestyles.

This comes after a new study by researchers from Loughborough University found that Physical activity calorie equivalent or expenditure (PACE) labelling reduced the amount of calories consumed.

They predicted that the system could shave up to around 200 calories per person every day if applied widely, the equivalent of around a can and a half of Coca Cola.

The new form of labelling would mean that a small bar of milk chocolate would show that 42 minutes of walking or 22 minutes of running would be required to burn it off, rather than simply showing it contains 229 calories.

Professor Amanda Daley from Loughborough University said: The evidence shows that even a relatively small reduction in daily calorie intake (100 calories) combined with a sustained increase in physical activity is likely to be good for health and could help curb obesity at the population level. PACE labelling may help people achieve this.

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