Want Some Guilt With Those Fries?
Just in time for those lingering New Year’s resolutions, Massachusetts officials announced last week plans to make major fast food restaurants post calorie counts for burgers, fries and all other offerings on their menus or at the counter. Chains with at least 15 stores in the state are subject to the proposal, an estimated 2,000 restaurants, according to the story in the Boston Globe.
It’s an interesting idea, if a little heavy-handed. After all, don’t most people know by now that Happy Meals and value menus aren’t packed with healthy choices? Fast food companies already make calorie counts public, but they’re certainly not there staring you in the face as you order.
What do you think about this? Will it really keep you from eating unhealthy food? Or is that the last thing you want to see when you’re jonesing for a Big Mac?
