Indonesia has implemented a new front-of-pack nutrition labeling system to help combat excessive consumption of sugar, salt, and fat. However, health experts caution that these labels are only a first step and may not be enough to slow the country's growing burden of diet-related diseases.

Indonesia’s new front-of-pack nutrition labelling scheme has been welcomed by health advocates as a long-overdue measure to tackle excessive sugar, salt and fat intake. But experts said the labels were only a first step and would do little on their own to slow Indonesia’s growing burden of obesity, diabetes, hypertension and other diet-related diseases. A decree issued by the health ministry on April 14 requires ready-to-eat food and drink products to carry nutrition labels and health messages.....