Frances Millar

To be frank...

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ANYONE who is tempted by ordering from the kiddie menu, you might not have to be sneaky about it any longer.

Mini-meals could soon be the norm as the boom in weight-loss jabs takes a hefty bite out of the restaurant trade. Some two-thirds of users are eating out less, while smaller appetites mean smaller profits, and we can't have that now can we? To soften the blow, culinary wizard Heston Blumenthal predicts the drugs will revolutionise the way we eat within just six months.

"The growth of Wegovy and Mounjaro those injections reduce people's appetite," says the chef, whose constellation of Michelin stars proves he knows a thing or two about filling bellies. "So it's going to have a massive effect on the quantity of food people eat, massive effect on supermarkets, massive effect on just generally what people eat. More than ever before. This is going to be in the next six months."

It's already happening in New York where one burger joint now offers a "teeny-weeny mini-burger", a mini portion of fries, and a small beer for customers on GLP-1 medications, or for anyone who just can't stomach a 3,000-calorie whopper.

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