Australian Premier seeks publication by fast food chains of nutritional information

The NSW government will next month hold a fast food forum to discuss its plan to force larger chains to publish nutritional information such as calorie and fat content.

NSW Premier Kristina Keneally and former premier Bob Carr will co-chair the fast food forum on August 16, which will look at the government's plans to tackle the "supersize" culture of the big restaurant chains.

Ms Keneally is pushing for national changes to menu labelling in fast food chains, forcing them to print calorie/kilojoule information, as well as details about saturated fats, transfats and salt, on menus and menu boards.