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"Does calorie information posted in restaurants really influence customer decisions? Evidence seems to suggest otherwise but, of course, nothing is really ever cut and dried, especially when it comes to food. Or the people who eat it. Two years ago, New York City became the first city in the country to require chain restaurants to post calorie counts where customers could see them. While other com   munities have begun to adopt that strategy as well, studies are beginning to show that, aside from an initial drop in consumption levels, most people revert back to their old habits. Why? First, there&amp;#039;s the bother of counting calories. Other studies indicate, unsurprisingly, the more complicated a diet regimen is, the less likely people are to stick with it. Another factor: most people don&amp;#039;t know what their actually recommended calories allowance is. Sure, the U.S. government requires nutrition labels on all foods purchased in stores but all those figures are based on a 2000-calorie-per-day diet. Who among us actually follows a 2,000 calorie diet? As a 43-year old, moderately active, 6-foot-1-inch-tall guy who comes in at 203 pounds, my actual recommended calories allowance is nearly 3,000 calories per day.  Then there&amp;#039;s that old clich\u00E9 about teaching old dogs new tricks. It&amp;#039;s unlikely that most people are going to abruptly change their eating habits based on the sudden appearance of calorie information (and, really, who doesn&amp;#039;t want fries with their burger?).  Does that make posting such information in restaurants pointless? Not necessarily. Apparently, having to post those numbers had at least a few effects: some restaurants began adding more low-calories items to their menus, parents have begun paying more attention to what they buy for their kids, and one restaurant chain changed the name of their New York City branches to escape the posting requirements. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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