I doubt this study will mention cost, but fast food restaurants always pass along costs, so it's a fair assumption of an otherwise failed law thanks to Bloomberg's New York. Coming to a Federal Regulation sometime soon, if not already there.
Twenty-eight percent of consumers felt as though mandating restaurants to list the caloric content of foods helped them make better decisions, 9 of 10 said they did. But, let's just say the proof isn't in the pudding. In fact, lower income people have actually ordered more calories than before the law went into effect. Just one more example of feel good legislation that accomplishes nothing but grows government and costs the private sector money. Pig Government, can we start calling it that, instead?
Half of customers noticed calorie counts. Twenty-eight percent of those said postings had influenced what they ordered. Nine out of 10 of those said they'd made healthier choices as a result.
But New York University and Yale researchers say receipts showed people had ordered slightly more calories than the typical customer before the law went into effect in July 2008.
The study will be published Tuesday in Health Affairs.
The next time NYers preen about how 'tough' they are remind them of their desperate need for Mayor Mommy-Nanny to oversee their eating habits.
Yeah.....NYC is full of 'tough' metro-weenies who went from being Goodfellas to Pattycakes.
Posted by: syn | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 at 12:23 PM
What, they ordered higher-calorie food after the posting? The solution is clear: New Yawkaz need to be forced to order the right thing by their moral superiors.
Posted by: Jeffersonian | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 at 01:07 PM
Today's New York Daily News
Meet the 1,500-calorie 'Craz-E Burger': beef patty, bacon and cheese on Krispy Kreme donut
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/food/2009/10/05/2009-10-05_meet_the_craze_burger_beef_patty_bacon_and_cheese_sandwiched_between_a_krispy_kr.html#ixzz0TBKbG63b
Posted by: Lala | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 at 02:29 PM
Lala,
That't the most disgusting piece of food I've looked at in a long time.
Posted by: Ad rem | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 at 02:36 PM