Battle of the bulge targets drink labels - The Observer 25th May 2008

Alcoholic drinks should display the number of calories contained in them to help tackle the growing obesity crisis, say council leaders. They want bottles of wine and cans of beer to carry labels to help drinkers who may not realise how many calories are in their favourite tipple. 'An average pint of beer has around 250 calories in it and yet most alcoholic drinks don't have to put any kind of ingredient labelling on cans and bottles,' said David Rogers, public health spokesman for the Local Government Association, which represents 400 local councils in England and Wales.

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