Calorie Labeling

I'm sure you've seen more and more fast-food and restaurants put the number of calories under each of the items on their menus.

Do you like the fact that they do this, or not?

Do you know why they started to do this?
Some places voluntarily started doing this because they felt like people wanted to know how many calories they were consuming. 

Well according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, they have now administered regulations requiring calorie information on restaurant menus and menu boards and on vending machines.
If you want to read more information about this, click on this article.

I also saw an article that talked about the benefits of calorie labeling in restaurants. Besides allowing people to choose healthier meals, other benefits include prompting the restaurants to make changes to their menus, and raising awareness about foods that are healthier and less calories than others. For example, once McDonald's had to put the calorie intakes on their menu, they were prompted to put more healthy food on their menu. That is when they decided to put more salads on their menu.

Here is a video on restaurants offering healthier choices because of nutrition labeling rules.