{"id":4620,"date":"2009-11-10T12:19:16","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T18:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/?p=4620"},"modified":"2009-12-01T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T22:00:59","slug":"menu-posted-calories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2009\/11\/10\/menu-posted-calories\/","title":{"rendered":"Calories Posted on Menu – Make any difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"obesity\"<\/a>A few weeks ago, a small study indicated that posting the calories on menus had not impacted ordering decisions in NYC.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 More recently, city health officials have revealed that there has, in fact, been a difference in the menu selection since the calorie-labeling law went into effect.\u00c2\u00a0 Many people claim that they aren’t paying attention to the numbers but at 4 chain restaurants, Au Bon Pain, KFC, McDonald\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and Starbucks, fewer calories were ordered.<\/p>\n

What does this mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think its a good sign that many people want to reduce their caloric intake but don’t know how.\u00c2\u00a0 By giving them this information, they can make an informed decision.\u00c2\u00a0 It seems like a simple, inexpensive step for restaurants to take to help fight obesity.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t think it affects their profits because people are already in the store and going to order.\u00c2\u00a0 So this means the only bottom line affected is ours, which is a good thing.<\/p>\n

How Posted Calories Affect Food Orders – NYTimes<\/a><\/p>\n

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A few weeks ago, a small study indicated that posting the calories on menus had not impacted ordering decisions in NYC.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 More recently, city health officials have revealed that there has, in fact, been a difference in the menu selection since the calorie-labeling law went into effect.\u00c2\u00a0 Many people claim […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,73,23,9,43,8,93,680,681,684,683,682,41,21],"class_list":["post-4620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-amy-mac","tag-calories","tag-fit-life","tag-fitness","tag-food","tag-health","tag-health-and-fitness","tag-labeling-law","tag-nyc-menus","tag-obesity-laws","tag-obesity-rate","tag-reduce-calories","tag-weightloss","tag-withamymac"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t