Mon, 21 Jul 2008
Calorie Calorie
Last night I flew from New York's JFK airport to Portland's PDX. While at JFK, I was hungry. I was enticed by the delicious-looking fries in the display sample from "Cheeburger Cheeburger [sic]."
When I went up to order, I found the fries alone seemed to have over 1700 calories. Since when do fast food joints tell me how many calories are in the food right next to the price? I ordered my cheeseburger but could not in good conscience buy a side of fries that had nearly three times as many calories as the "entree" itself.
This morning I ran into a news article explaining that this is because of a new health inspector rule requiring calorie counts "displayed on [chain restaurant] menus in the same font and format as the name or price of food items." The article reports, "New Yorkers appeared unfazed by the rule."
It continues to quote a casually pro-corporation anti-informing-consumers analyst named John Owens, "I'd be shocked if consumers weren't already aware that when they're eating in a fast-food restaurant." I knew it wasn't "healthy" to eat burgers and fries from fast food chains, but I'm still a little shocked that the fries alone have more than 1700 calories.
Maybe we could have this sort of signage everywhere, even in cities that aren't New York.
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