Nyc restaurants menu disclosures (insurance, taxes, to live)

[RUBIES77]

How do you feel now that NYC restaurants, by law, have to post the calories of each item on their menus. Will this stop you from eating your favorite foods?

[cjma79]

I think is only for chains(15 or more), which it should be ilegal...
If the chains have to do it,, all rest. should do it,
or nobody should do it...

[analyticalkeys]

I don't really watch my calories.. maybe I should, but if I want something to eat, I'm eating it.

[Otis_Nevins]

It's a stupid law made by stupid people. It won't mean a damn thing to anyone, especially anyone who eats ice cream.

[cjma79]

Originally Posted by analyticalkeys

I don't really watch my calories.. maybe I should, but if I want something to eat, I'm eating it.

hmmm, counting calories is not a way to live....
If you love food and you are fat,, hey that is your right... as long as you know what comes from it..and take responsibility...

[NJ Chutzpah]

Bloomberg thinks he is making his mark on NYC

He is probably sitting around somewhere thinking in the future how people are gonna be so grateful to him for doing this, and think what a great liberal mind he is for enacting this

Like people are really gonna remember him for this

[Fred314X]

Originally Posted by fubar_bohica

It's a stupid law made by stupid people. It won't mean a damn thing to anyone, especially anyone who eats ice cream.

I don't know if it's a stupid law--but it's certainly an unimportant one. As you observe, it isn't going to mean a lot to most people. It seems to me that there are more pressing issues than forcing restaurants to list calorie counts.

[UpsonDowns]

It's more stupid nanny state stuff. Anyone could access the info if they wanted from corporate websites or 800 numbers. People don't want to know how many calories are in the things they eat.

[Viralmd]

Originally Posted by UpsonDowns

It's more stupid nanny state stuff. Anyone could access the info if they wanted from corporate websites or 800 numbers. People don't want to know how many calories are in the things they eat.

Actually, it's not 'nanny state' to me...The health care costs that result because of dietary indiscretions are mind boggling. If this law helps just ONE person avoid diabetes, or hypertension, or coronary artery disease, or a stroke, because that person started to think about the calories he/she was consuming, it's worth it. We ALL pay for the expensive health care these patients need, in the end, whether it's through our insurance or through our taxes which contributed to Medicare and Medicaid.

[Eephus]

Originally Posted by Viralmd

Actually, it's not 'nanny state' to me...The health care costs that result because of dietary indiscretions are mind boggling. If this law helps just ONE person avoid diabetes, or hypertension, or coronary artery disease, or a stroke, because that person started to think about the calories he/she was consuming, it's worth it. We ALL pay for the expensive health care these patients need, in the end, whether it's through our insurance or through our taxes which contributed to Medicare and Medicaid.

That doesn't invalidate his comment. There's no end to to the amount of personal freedoms that can be infringed upon using the same basic argument. And if we're going to look at it in cold economic terms then you kind of have to balance the costs of care versus the savings when many of these people die prematurely.