A HEALTH roadshow is coming to Southampton on Friday.
Change4Life will visit the city as part of a nationwide tour.
The roadshow, organised by Public Health England, will visit Tesco in Milbrook, where it will encourage parents to look for low-calorie snacks.
It’s part of the organisation’s newest slogan, “look for 100 calorie snacks, two-a-day max”.
The campaign aims to reduce the amount of sugar consumed by children in Southampton, where 23 per cent of four to five-year-olds are overweight or obese.
There will be money-off vouchers available and demonstrations of the new Change4Life ‘food scanner’ app.
The app works by scanning the barcode of products and helps bring food labels to life by highlighting the number of calories, as well as how much sugar, saturated fat and salt is in everyday food and drinks.
Families will also be shown how to swap to healthier snack options using front of pack ‘traffic light’ labels.
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