Menu meddling.

• Author: Mangu-Ward, Katherine
• Position: ObamaCare's calorie counts - Brief article

As PART OF the federal government's campaign to make sure Americans know that fast food is bad for them, the 2010 law creating ObamaCare requires restaurant chains to post nutritional information on their menu boards. Companies struggling to comply with this edict may wind up confusing customers rather than informing them.

The mandate, which applies to chains with 20 or more locations, requires that the calorie count for each menu item appear directly next to the listing for that dish--no easy feat on the already cluttered menu boards at fast food joints and take-out places. And in the era of "have it your way," squeezing accurate information into those boards may be nearly impossible.

At Burger King, a Whopper...