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Calorie Counts In Restaurants Has Little Or No Effect On New York’s Porkers
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Graham Foster
<br/><br/><br/> <div style="border-bottom:1px solid #CCCCCC"></div> <br/> <!-- BEGIN ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.6 (WP) --> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> <!-- // ODIOGO_START:do_NOT_remove_this_comment showOdiogoReadNowButton ("4748", "Calorie Counts In Restaurants Has Little Or No Effect On New York’s Porkers", "1780", 290, 55); // --> </script> <br/> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> <!-- showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame ("4748", "1780", 290, 0); // ODIOGO_END:do_NOT_remove_this_comment // --> </script> <!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.6 (WP) --> <p>Just over a year ago New York City started demanding it’s massive number of chain restuarants put calorie count details in their menus in a controversial step to help reduce the ever increasing number of obese people in the city.</p> <div id="attachment_1781" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 150px"> <a href="http://antiagingnutrition.info/"><img src="http://www.dreambodynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Just-say-no-150x150.jpg" alt="New Yorkers Can't Say No To Fast Food Calories" title="New Yorkers Can't Say No To Calories" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1781" /></a> <p class="wp-caption-text">New Yorkers Can't Say No To Fast Food Calories</p> </div> <p>Now you might imagine when faced with such details people would be tempted in to ordering smaller amounts and healthier food options. </p> <p>But shockingly when compared with the city of Newark, NJ it was found that there was actually a rise in the average calories consumed by New York’s fast food diners.</p> <p>Whilst some people noticed the new information less than 25% took any notice and of those surveyed on average they ate more and not less calories. </p> <p>Perhaps more worringly of those that said the calorie information had influenced their meal choices it did not result in them eating fewer calories.</p> <p>It has to be said the survey was carried out two weeks before and two weeks after the new measures were put into place so maybe the new measures need longer to have an impact?</p> <p>It is doubtful though as most legislative measures are most effective when backed with publicity and public awareness campaigns that accompany them.</p> <p><em>The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene had optimistically predicted that the regulations would stop around 150,000 from becoming obese and 30,000 cases of diabetes during a five year period.</em></p> <p><strong>It seems these figures are looking in serious danger.</strong></p> <p>The problem with measures like these is you can’t motivate people to act on information after all much of this information was available in abundance long before it became law.</p> <p> But what you as an individual is take notice of this information but it seems<strong> most are choosing to ignore it!</strong> <ul> </ul> <script type="text/javascript" class="owbutton" src="http://www.onlywire.com/button" title="Calorie Counts In Restaurants Has Little Or No Effect On New York's Porkers" url="http://www.dreambodynow.com/?p=1780"></script> <div class="sociable"> <div class="sociable_tagline"> <strong>Share and Enjoy:</strong> </div> <ul> <li class="sociablefirst"><a rel="nofollow" id="del.icio.us" href="http://delicious.com/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dreambodynow.com%2Fcalorie-counts-in-restaurants-has-little-or-no-effect-on-new-yorks-porkers%2F&title=Calorie%20Counts%20In%20Restaurants%20Has%20Little%20Or%20No%20Effect%20On%20New%20York%27s%20Porkers&notes=Just%20over%20a%20year%20ago%20New%20York%20City%20started%20demanding%20it%27s%20massive%20number%20of%20chain%20restuarants%20put%20calorie%20count%20details%20in%20their%20menus%20in%20a%20controversial%20step%20to%20help%20reduce%20the%20ever%20increasing%20number%20of%20obese%20people%20in%20the%20city." title="del.icio.us"><img src="http://www.dreambodynow.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/services-sprite.gif" title="del.icio.us" alt="del.icio.us" style="width: 16px; 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