The New South Wales Government is getting tough on the obesity epidemic, forcing fast food outlets to label the kilojoule content of their foods.
It’s a decision that is clearly popular with consumers and, one hopes, should go someway towards improving public health.
If you think these outlets seem to be popping up all over the place, you’d hardly be wrong.
Last year, 3.7 billion meals were served up at restaurants in Australia, nearly half were from the 16,000 fast food outlets that operate across the country, with a third in New South Wales.
Australians like to poke fun at Americans and their love affair with fatty foods but over the past 10 years, the consumption of fast foods in Australia has doubled.