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University research has shown positive signs that food labelled with the required exercise to burn off items could be beneficial during the obesity epidemic.

Behavioural scientists are calling for food to be labelled with the amount of exercise required to burn off the item being consumed.

The calls come after researchers at Loughborough University, during a presentation to the International Congress on Obesity in Melbourne, surveyed more than 2,600 adults during the course of their findings.

They found that labels with information, such as how many minutes of exercise it would take to burn off a chocolate bar, were far more likely to be understood, compared with a traffic light system currently in place.

Food labels should show the amount of exercise it takes to burn off the calories, new research suggests