Should restaurants state calorie counts on their menus?
Jacob Sullum looks at whether there really is any demand from customers for restaurants to state their calorie counts. Do people really want to know hoe fattening their food is? Should they be told?
- added August 20, 2008
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Whether people want to know or not, the information should be available to them. I believe that our ignorance to nutrition can be a major factor in the obesity epidemic. You can guess and assume how many calories you are consuming, but more often than not people underestimate just how many calories are in common foods. Aside from calories, what about fat content- trans or saturated, sodium and sugar? We have a lot to learn about nutrition, and any information that allows for us to make better choices is a step towards a healthier society.
If you don't want to know, you don't have to look. Scarf it down and enjoy.
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