Health News — Super-Size This: NYC to ask restaurants to list calories on their menus

In what could be a great move for the overall health of the US (at least for starters, people living in New York City), it looks like the New York City Board of Health may start to require restaurants to post calories for each item in their menus. I also heard on the radio this morning that they are considering banning trans-fats from all restaurants as well. Both of these are a great step forward. If more cities and states would adopt this type of a program, it could help to make great strides towards people becoming more health conscious. Way to go NYC!

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“But the New York City Board of Health, the city
’s powerful arbiter of public health rules, is considering a plan to make it much harder to avoid the cold, hard numbers by requiring some of New York’s 20,000 restaurants, including outlets of the nation’s fast-food chains, to list calories on menus and on clearly displayed menu boards.”

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