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'Dangerous' and 'ineffective' labels on menus don't reduce how many calories people eat, study finds

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Mandatory labels forced all out-of-home food outlets with more than 250 employees to show the calories in their food.

University of Liverpool study found labels made no difference to how many calories people bought or ate.

Eating disorder charity Beat calls for the government to scrap the mandatory labels.

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semi-formal

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English

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