Restaurants, cafés and pubs will be named and shamed unless they make food portions smaller or less sweet, health secretary has said.
Chains such as Pizza Express, Starbucks, McDonald's and Gourmet Burger Kitchen have been told to "step up" by cutting sugar from food and reducing the size of desserts, cakes and croissants.
Efforts by restaurants, pubs and cafes to make their food and drink healthier will be compared publicly as part of the Government's bid to tackle obesity.
Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, told food companies that as eating out "is no longer a treat" they needed to be part of reforms to reduce the nation's waistline, according to The Times.
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