The health care reform bill that was passed in March included a provision requiring restaurants to list calorie counts in their menus. Despite this, the Center for Science in the Public Interest found that few restaurants have scaled back the size or content of their meals.
A pancake breakfast providing 1,380 calories, a single-serving pizza that packs two days’ worth of sodium and a pasta dish swimming in four day’s worth of fat top a list published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). …
The U.S. Institute of Medicine says the average American needs about 2,000 calories a day, 1,500 mg of salt and no more than 20 grams of saturated fat. Most get far more than this. [Source: Reuters]
The food and restaurant industry insists that American consumers, not eating establishments, need to regulate food. The industry has long argued that Americans need to exert self-control when eating out, regardless of the food offered on in restaurants. Few agree with this premise, believing some form of government regulation needs to be enacted.
Posted By: Stefanie Hamilton
