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Recently-opened dining place Mr. Pares serves customers in Quezon City on March 14, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Mr. Pares

RG Cruz

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171705292270620240314-mr-pares-qc-MD-9.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Recently-opened dining place Mr. Pares serves customers in Quezon City on March 14, 2024. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></span> </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Sen. Lito Lapid has filed a bill seeking to mandate food service establishments to disclose caloric and nutritional information in their menus in a bid to &quot;<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">address the problems of obesity and improper nutrition among Filipinos.&quot;</span></p><div><span id="isPasted">&quot;Nutrient content information provided at the time of food selection in food service establishments would enable consumers to make more informed and healthier food choices,&quot; Lapid said in his explanatory note for <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Senate Bill 2675.</span></span></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/14/22/more-filipinos-became-obese-during-pandemic-dost" id="isPasted">• Obesity rates in PH rise during COVID-19 pandemic - DOST</a></div><p>The proposed law only covers bigger establishments and explicitly excludes Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). However, it does not prevent MSMEs from complying with the standards.</p><p>Lapid also pointed out an increase in consumption of food that is &quot;easily available, inexpensive,&quot; but often &quot;high in calories.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2024/3/1/more-than-one-billion-now-afflicted-by-obesity-lancet-922" id="isPasted">• More than one billion now afflicted by obesity: Lancet</a></div><p>&quot;The health conscious have to guess at the nutritional content of meals taken in restaurants. On the other hand, those who are less aware of the need for proper dieting are left unaware of the nutritional values that they intake,&quot; Lapid said in his bill.</p><p>In 2022, <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">the Department of Science and Technology—Food and Nutrition Research Institute released a study that found o</span>besity rates among Filipino children and adults have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/5/discussing-obesity-not-about-fat-shaming-but-health-risk-factors-doh-1829">• Discussing obesity &#x27;not about fat shaming,&#x27; but health risk factors: DOH</a></div><p>The WHO defines overweight as a &quot;condition of excessive fat deposits,&quot; and obesity as a &quot;chronic complex disease defined by excessive fat deposits that can impair health.&quot;</p><p>The agency explained the conditions are &quot;largely preventable and manageable&quot;, through &quot;preventive interventions at each step of the life cycle.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NrJy8pmjrtM?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Sen. Lito Lapid has filed a bill seeking to mandate food service establishments to disclose caloric and nutritional information in their menus.</p>

Sen. Lito Lapid has filed a bill seeking to mandate food service establishments to disclose caloric and nutritional information in their menus.

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Senator wants restos to show calorie info to combat obesity among Pinoys

RG Cruz,

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Published May 30, 2024 03:13 PM PHT

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