{"id":350,"date":"2009-10-07T07:26:11","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T07:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/10\/calorie-postings-on-menus-do.html"},"modified":"2009-10-07T07:26:11","modified_gmt":"2009-10-07T07:26:11","slug":"calorie-postings-on-menus-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/10\/calorie-postings-on-menus-do.html","title":{"rendered":"Calorie Postings on Menus &#8211; Does Anyone Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York City has required restaurants to post calories on menu choices for the last year or so.&nbsp; Do these calorie postings change eating habits?&nbsp; A new study from researchers at New York University and Yale in low-income neighborhoods where there are high rates obesity indicates not.<\/p>\n<p>Published in <a href=\"http:\/\/content.healthaffairs.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/hlthaff.28.6.w1110\" target=\"_blank&quot;\">Health Affairs journal<\/a>, the study looked at customers in four fast-food chains, and found that about half of them noticed the calorie postings, and 28 percent&nbsp; of those people thought about what they were ordering.&nbsp; 9 out of 10 of those said the calorie counts influenced them to make changes.<\/p>\n<p>The researcher, Brian Elbel of NYU, found that just listing calorie counts was probably not enough.&nbsp; The difference seems to be about cost of the food, with fast-food dollar menus, and &#8220;meals&#8221; being cheaper than healthier alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an article on the study in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/06\/nyregion\/06calories.html?ref=health\" target=\"_blank&quot;\">New York Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where do YOU weigh-in on restaurant calorie postings?&nbsp; Should they be required; should it be a new, as it is in New York?&nbsp; Would YOU make changes to your eating if you saw how many calories there are in fast-foods?&nbsp; Please comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City has required restaurants to post calories on menu choices for the last year or so.&nbsp; Do these calorie postings change eating habits?&nbsp; A new study from researchers at New York University and Yale in low-income neighborhoods where there are high rates obesity indicates not. 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