From Friday, restaurants in Malappuram district will be offering food with reduced sugar, salt, oil and colours. Restaurants have been instructed to offer such food as part of campaign spearheaded by the district administration against lifestyle diseases.
As a first step, the tea being served during meetings at the Collectorate here will be sugarless. District Collector V.R. Vinod, who spearheads the campaign against lifestyle diseases titled Nellikka, exhorted people to bring about a change in food habit by reducing sugar, salt and oil.
The campaign is being implemented by the Food Safety Department. Mr. Vinod will inaugurate the campaign at Kottakkunnu here at 7 a.m. on Friday.