The department had previously set the standards for fats, sugars and sodium in meals prepared in schools, and the new rules bring other foods under similar standards.
Using posters, Web sites and other methods allowed restaurants to provide a broader nutritional picture of their dishes, including gram totals for fats, sugars and carbohydrates, the association argued.
But I often wonder -- had I never been introduced to fast food, would I really have become so excited waiting in the car for my fat, sugar and sodium?
In all experimental groups the average daily intake for fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium was above the recommendations for daily consumption (Additional file 2).
The "tick" label was only given, when all of the criteria to award the "green" colour for fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium were fulfilled.
Since April 2007 there has been a ban on the use of licensed characters in TV ads for products high in fat, sugar and salt that are aimed at four- to nine-year-olds.
To identify and review evidence on 1) the effectiveness of statutory and self-regulatory actions to reduce the volume, exposure or wider impact of advertising for foods high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) to children, and 2) the role of educational measures.
Of course, food companies don't target our kids with celery ads -- they bombard them with ads for foods high in fat, sugar and/or salt.
It is somewhat akin to reading the nutrition labels for portion size, calories, fat, sugar, salt, and so on and believing that his information will suffice for helping people to make informed and educated decisions?
