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Calorie Counting: Are New Yorkers Skipping Sweets & Other Foods Now Because Of the High Calorie Count?

Posted in Diabetes Articles by Connie Bennett on April 24th, 2008

Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the bestselling book Freakonomics, raises an interesting topic in today's Freakonomics blog, hosted on the New York Times. He wonders if people in New York are picking lower-calorie foods that calorie counts are posted in restaurants with more than 15 oulets. Noting that the new regulations present a "great opportunity for obesity researchers," Dubner recommends delving into whether or not calorie-sensitive behavior occurs at certain times of day, days of the week or even types of days (holiday vs. workday, bad weather vs. good, etc.) He also encourages discovering if these calorie counts "shock people...