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Author Message   Yvettep AALBC .com Platinum Poster Username: Yvettep Post Number: 2699 Registered: 01-2005 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 12:53 pm:        TODD HANSHAW wanted a Big Mac, a large order of fries and a Diet Coke for lunch. That it added up to 1,130 calories, or a little more than half of what his trainer suggested he eat for the day, made no difference. “You splurge and then you take it back later,” said Mr. Hanshaw, a fashion director who was eating a quick lunch in Midtown Manhattan before getting on a plane to Los Angeles, where he lives. That’s not quite the attitude the New York City Board of Health was hoping for when it passed a law last week that will force some restaurants to list calories on menus by this summer. The point of the measure, part of a food-regulation package that will also eliminate trans fats in restaurant kitchens, is to help prevent obesity and the diseases that go along with it. Health officials hope that once someone sees that a Starbucks mocha made with whole milk and whipped cream has 420 calories, the 160-calorie latte made with skim milk will seem the wiser choice. “They may not have an idea of how many calories they need, but they know what’s bigger and what’s smaller,” said Dr. Lynn Silver, an assistant commissioner with the city’s department of health. But conversations with Mr. Hanshaw and other New York fast-food customers showed that the law could have a hard time reaching its goal... Full story: http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/12/13/dining/13calo.html   Ntfs_encryption "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Ntfs_encryption Post Number: 3015 Registered: 10-2005 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 02:13 pm:        "That’s not quite the attitude the New York City Board of Health was hoping for when it passed a law last week that will force some restaurants to list calories on menus by this summer." Ya know, I don't think it will really matter. If someone has their eyes set on a particular food item, they are going to get it. I'm sure it will give some pause but for the overall population? Naw....They're still going to punish their bodies with foods that are high in cholesterol, sodium, fat and calories regardless of the content listing.