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Some of Britain's favourite fast food meals could be off the menu under the NHS's controversial new "calorie cap" plans.

NHS authorities want to slash the size of restaurant and fast food meals to just 950 calories.

That would mean hight street favourites from McDonald's, KFC, Nando's and Domino's could be scrapped in place of healthier alternatives.

Dame Sally Davies - the NHS's outgoing Chief Medical Officer - made the proposals in a bid to tackle the county's growing fat epidemic, which she says we are "nowhere near" to solving.

Two-thirds of adults and a third of children are now overweight and the UK has the third highest obesity rate in Europe.

Dame Sally said: “Our environment has become very unhealthy. Children are suffering painful, potentially life-limiting diseases.

Radical new plans could see the following favourites being replaced by lower calorie alternatives.

Domino's Large Pepperoni Passion - 1,920kcal

(Image: Domino's)

KFC's Mighty Bucket for One - 1,235kcal

(Image: KFC)

Nando's Fino Pitta with Peri-salted chips - 1,243kcal

(Image: Nandos)

McDonald's Quarter Pounder with cheese and large fries - 1,194kcal

(Image: Alamy Stock Photo)

The proposals would also see eating on public transport banned in order to stop children snacking on unhealthy food.

Dame Sally also wants MPs to cap the calories sold per person at cafés and takeaways and has also called for a ban on junk food ads at public venues to help tackle childhood obesity.

In her final report, Dame Sally, who stepped down on October 1, also asked for VAT to be removed from healthy food.

But some critics of the healthy eating drive say the NHS is being over-zealous in its approach to the obesity crisis.

UK Hospitality Chief Executive, Kate Nicholls, told the Daily Star: “A blanket cap on calories for all portions of food and drink consumed out-of-home sounds like a knee-jerk and unfair measure.”

On its website, McDonald's says: "McDonald's believes that the national obesity issue is a shared responsibility, and a complex one.

"The company's starting point has been to look at recipe improvements and providing parents with all the nutritional facts.

"That's why McDonald's has been committed to lowering the salt, sugar and fat levels in Happy Meal menu items over recent years, whilst being careful not to undermine the taste.

"Along with this, there's been improved nutritional information included on most packaging and the backs of all tray liners in restaurants."