[–] brix 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
They have that in England, or at least, a couple of the major supermarkets do. For the most part it's fairly common sense what's good and what's not, but I've had a couple of surprises with items high in sugar. Not sure how well this would go down in the US since they seem to have sugar and salt in a lot more foods and the lobbying groups might not be happy with having this so clearly pointed out.
[–] NHSApproved ago
It's a voluntary thing in the UK, though the government keeps talking about making it compulsory. I think the fats would just deliberately choose all the foods with the red lights!
[–] Thinnerprivilege 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I mean we put graphic pictures of diseased lungs on cigarette boxes now and people still smoke, not sure how much a stoplight would help raise awareness let alone be particularly useful in a health context since carbs/fats don't make you obese, its portioning that does that.
I mean yeah, cookies are fatty/sugary, no shit. People can figure that out without a warning label, besides the only pertinent information for weight management, the calories, are prominently displayed on every packaged product in America, people just ignore it.