Gov’t tells you what to eat?
by TedThis month, restaurant inspectors from New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will add a new violation to their checklist: the failure to display, in large type and directly on the menu board, the calorie counts of every item on the menu.
The city claims that the new law, which applies to restaurants with 15 locations or more nationwide, will lead to 150,000 fewer New Yorkers becoming obese and 30,000 fewer developing diabetes over the next five years. Other cities are following the city’s lead, from San Jose to Seattle. This is the latest salvo in a war that local governments are fighting against Americans’ diets; other examples include Chicago’s ban on foie gras and New York City’s restrictions on “sous-vide” vacuum cooking and its ban on trans-fats, which took full effect Tuesday.
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What’s next? Are they going to show slaughter house movies to customers while the food is cooking?
I say that we choose the high cal meals every time!
How about the converse? Would you reconsider exercising if they posted a sign at the gym on each machine?
Bicycling – stationary, moderate = 476 calories in 1 hr
It would take 2hrs to overcome eating that bacon double cheeseburger… Hardly seems worth it !