Stomachs vs. brains.

• Position: HEALTH - Calorie count improves people's eating habits? - Brief article

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Chain restaurants in Seattle, New York City, Los Angeles, and other places must now List calorie counts on their menus. But does it realty improve people's eating habits? Two studies in New York showed mixed results. In the first, researchers at New York University and Yale tracked customers in poor New York neighborhoods with high rates of obesity and diabetes. Their orders at McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, and KFC averaged 846 calories, compared with 825 before the labeling Law took effect in 2008. But a study by city...