Demand for calorie labels on restaurant food is sweeping the country. New York City is ahead of the trend - a law requiring calorie counts to be posted next to prices in some restaurants went into effect July 1, though it will not be enforced until October.
Restaurateurs don’t like the idea. They say the labels would be cumbersome and expensive, and that they would not make a dent in America’s obesity problem.
If you were watching calories, would you go for the chicken Caesar salad at Chili’s or the classic sirloin steak? The grilled chicken sandwich at McDonald’s or the Big Mac?
The chicken Caesar salad at Chili’s: 1,010 calories and 76 grams of fat. The sirloin? 540 calories and 42 grams of fat (not counting side dishes). A grilled chicken club sandwich at McDonald’s has more calories than a Big Mac. The Bloomin’ Onion at Outback Steakhouse: about 2,200 calories and more than 100 grams of fat.
Would calorie labels affect what you order at restaurants?
