Vote in This Weeks Poll: Should restaurants have to provide nutritional information on their menus?
Vote in This Week’s Poll: Should restaurants have to provide nutritional information on their menus? Monday May 12, 2008#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3)With obesity on the rise, it seems like having nutritional information provided on menus is a foregone conclusion. New York City is the latest to pass a statute requiring chain restaurants (like McDonald’s, Chili’s and Starbucks) to provide nutritional information to consumers and other major cities in the U.S. are sure to follow. This seems like a good idea when you consider the fact that the U.S. Department of Health recommends we eat about 2,000 calories a day to maintain weight and that you could easily consume that with just one or two items from some of these restaurants – Chili’s notorious Awesome Blossom is a whopping 2,710 calories. But,