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Families challenged to read the labels
Herefordshire families are being urged to read the labels when doing the weekly shopping to make sure their favourite products don’t contain hidden sugars, fats or salt.
As part of the Change4Life campaign, NHS Herefordshire is doing a sweep on supermarkets across the county to teach people how to read product labels and understand what are healthy levels of sugars, fats and salt in some of our everyday products.
Health trainers have been scouring the shelves in our stores, helping customers identify some of the key offenders and looking for alternative, healthier options. Breakfast cereals are a classic; many popular brands which claim to aid weight loss are low in fat but still very high in sugar. Also, many low fat products are still high in calories due to hidden sugar. Too much sugar, fat and salt can have harmful long term effects on people’s health leading to diabetes, cancers and heart disease in later life.
Lisa Purslow, healthy lifestyle co-ordinator, said: “People are often surprised to learn that the foods they thought were healthy are not always what they seem to be. Label reading is a bit of an art and our health trainers have been helping shoppers learn how to do this. As well as learning how to identify sugars, fats and salt in products, our shoppers are being helped to understand the appropriate and safe levels for themselves and their children.
“Fizzy drinks are some of the worst offenders with up to ten teaspoons of sugar in a typical serving. We are encouraging families to get a better understanding of what’s inside their weekly shopping trolley so that they can make small changes. With a bit of label reading knowledge, they can choose alternative, products with lower sugars, fats and salt without having to change the kinds of products they buy.”
The team is happy to talk to customers about making healthy choices and help them learn how to read the small print on the packages. NHS Herefordshire will be at Morrison’s supermarket in Leominster on Friday February 12, at Tescos in Belmont, Hereford on Friday February 9 and at Morrisons in Hereford on Friday February 25, from 10am-4pm.
Details of all Herefordshire Change4Life events are available at www.herefordshirechange4life.org
Posted
: 09/02/2010 09:54:34
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