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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Calorie Counts May be Added to Menus in Hawaii

A bill has been introduced in the Hawaii State Legislature that would require food chains to put nutritional information on their menus.
"The Hawaii legislation (House Bill 1526 HD1) is aimed at encouraging healthy food choices to combat increasing obesity and an increased risk of high blood pressure and hypertension, which can lead to cardiovascular disease."
The law would require all franchise food establishments with ten or more restaurants to include accurate nutritional information on all their menus, and make this information available to the public upon request. Source: Star-Bulletin (Hawaii)

Labels: nutrition, calories, restaurants

Posted By: Aspen Education Group