date:Sep 13, 2012
A prominent consumer rights group in Australia has slammed the countrys food manufacturing industry over labelling it claims is misleading and contributory to rising obesity rates.
In a statement, Choice branded the current regulations, which allow manufacturers to determine serving sizes, flawed and unrealistic.
The group pointed towards recent findings by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, which revealed that 23% of children and 61% of adults in the country are overweight or obe