Do you really want those fries? Calorie counts on menus haven't really changed how much we eat

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Do you really want those fries? Calorie counts on menus haven't really changed how much we eat
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“Some people say that sometimes, when they’re going out to eat, the last thing they want to think about is calories,' researcher Colleen Tewksbury said.

Research into the impact of these requirements has yielded mixed results.

In a follow-up analysis published last year in the American Journal of Health Economics, he and his colleagues looked at how much the people who received the menus with the calorie counts actually paid attention to that information. Earlier studies, however, that looked at the impact of calorie counts at fast-food restaurants, after labeling was required in New York City in 2008 and Philadelphia in 2010, did not find they made a difference.

The evidence so far, though, indicates that “labels probably don’t have any sort of whopping effect for the average consumer,” he said. In her work, she hears from fitness clients who are surprised when they start reading menu calorie counts and learn how high they are with some dishes.

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