Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese — 740 calories
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- May
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From the Associated Press, New York City has started issuing citations in the calorie posting dispute.
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Health Department has started issuing citations to chain restaurants that aren’t posting calorie counts on their menus.
Monday is the first day that restaurants are being cited for not following the law. But fines will not start until July.
The New York City law requiring restaurants to post calorie counts applies to chains with at least 15 outlets across the country.
The state Restaurant Association is fighting the law in court.
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Its a ridiculous/frivolous law. You go to a restaurant knowing why you are there… if you are worried about your waste you dont go.
listen. a cheeseburger is the most well rounded meal. it includes all the major food groups. depending on your toppings. so the fact it has all the calories you need for that meal. why not? and who cares? Like the cheeseburger at home will have less??? if so. you know what to do then..
most of those people that order that never get out of the car when ordering that!! oh no to much to “walk” in and order and sit??? All they want to know is there a special that week on doulbe heart attack that week! Ever read the “fine” print on the back of a “CC” can??? that will make you do a double take!! But if you are one of those people that has to have it???? you’ve never read it?? A novel idea!
PS, Noreen you ever read these posteds???
see what happens when you “peck” without checking??? “eds”
Steve, it’s one thing to know that food isn’t the healthiest, but it’s another thing to see exactly how bad that food is for you.
I was checking out the calorie count and nutritional information for some popular fast food meals, and it’s shocking. They are loaded with fat, carbohydrates and sodium, all of the worst kind. The quantities are staggering. Eating at these restaurants with any regularity can only have a highly negative effect on a person’s health, to a much greater extent than I appreciated in the past (though of course I knew places like McDonalds weren’t the healthiest).
Maybe if people actually see these horrible calorie counts in black and white (worse even than the calories is the volume of sodium, cholesterol and carbs in those meals), the smarter ones will start to seek out other alternatives. It just seems as if these chains have gone out of their way to make their meals as unhealthy as possible. Maybe they’ll be forced to come up with something better if people demand it.