Restaurants slammed for ‘hardline stance’ against healthy options
Article by May 20, 2021
Major fast-food restaurants are reluctant to cooperate with health and medical authorities in the drive to get Barbadians to eat healthily and operators have outright refused to pivot to any healthier options, officials said Wednesday.
The officials now suggest it’s time for policymakers to step in, saying that education alone is insufficient to change tastes and stem their impact.
Even as they continue to push for stronger nutritional benefits to be included in local meals as the epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs sky rockets, the officials expressed frustration with the restaurants’ resistance.