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Originally Posted by Luckybustert
I guess I just don't feel it should be necessary for the government to tell me that eating at fast food restaurants and/or eating what are obviously oversized portions at any restaurant is bad for me. To me, it's more about learning to exercise a little common sense and stopping the self-delusion. Cooking at home is healthier for me than eating fast food, and no one is forcing me to eat everything that's on the plate anyway. The government feels the need to tell us because they assume we're too stupid (or lazy?) to figure it out for ourselves. That may sound harsh to some, but I don't need the government to tell me when I'm overeating -- when I take a long hard HONEST look at myself, I already know.
I disagree. I have been calorie counting for years, and I still fall into traps eating out at restaurants. There are plenty of people who order seemingly healthy entrees like fish, grilled chicken sandwiches, or salads not realizing that said healthy item was doused in butter, oil, dressing, mayo, cheese, etc. Unless you are ordering loaded cheese fries, I would say that people most definitely do NOT know how bad a choice they are making (myself included).
I've introduced several people to the Daily Plate who were shocked by how many calories they were actually eating. Imagine the power of having those numbers on the menu boards across the entire country. Talk about enormous change! Would some people still order the high calorie items? Yes, some of them would. But enough people would stop ordering those things and the restaurants would be forced to create products that consumers want (smaller portions and fewer calories).