Calories count.

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Under a new law sponsored by Senator Alex Padilla, chain restaurants in California will have to display calorie counts on menus to help customers make more informed, healthy choices about what they eat. The law applies to restaurants with 20 or more locations in the state, which includes more than 17,000 eateries, according to the Los Angeles Times. By July 1, 2009, restaurants must provide brochures...