Calorie Count to Appear Soon on New York Menus

Posted in Diabetes Articles by Connie Bennett on February 18th, 2008
Did you hear that beginning March 31, all chain restaurants in New York City will have to prominently post calorie data on their menus? Indeed, as noted here previously, the city's Board of Health voted unamimously last month to require this information in the hopes that it will help combat obesity, as CNN and CSPI pointed out. About 54 percent of adults in New York City are overweight or obese. The new regulation applies to restaurants with 15 or more outlets nationwide – or about 10% of all New York City restaurants. This move has the backing of a number...

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