Canteen food should be labelled


PETALING JAYA: Schools should begin labelling food sold in their canteens to indicate their amount of calories and cholesterol, so that students know what they are eating, said Diabetes Malaysia.

Its vice-president Jong Koi Chong said many people still did not know how to choose healthy food and it would be good to start educating them from a young age.

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