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Originally Posted by Nibbles
I'm not a fan of the idea myself. I like that I can go online for major chain restaurants and figure out the calorie count of a cheeseburger, but I don't think it's a business's responsibility to tell me how many calories are in what I'm eating.
If they want to do it on their own, more power to them. But if not? I don't want the government policing every little thing.
It's not like I can't figure out for myself that the serving bowl full of pasta Alfredo at my local Italian joint isn't diet food, or that the ubiquitous grilled chicken, steamed broccoli, hold-the-oil order is a safe choice.
Just my two cents.
Agree 100%. Obviously, I'm a calorie counter, so it would only benefit me if such a law were ubiquitous, but it's the principal of government intrusion on private business that bothers me. The more that principal is violated, the worse off we are.
Also, I think knowledge is a good thing, but it's a mistake to assume that knowledge will lead to a change in behavior. I remember reading that when NYC mandated the same thing for chain restaurants (i.e., calorie counts on their menus), it made no difference in how the people ordered. It's like we say to ourselves, "I'd be thin if our town had more sidewalks and I could walk more places" or "I'd be thin if restaurants would only put calorie counts on their menus," etc. In a sense, it's almost as if we want to convince ourselves that it's someone else's fault that we're fat (I'm speaking about the general public, not to anyone here in particular, of course).