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Do calorie listings on menus change your decision? (1 Viewer)

Do the calorie numbers change what you order?

  • yes

    Votes: 58 65.2%

  • no

    Votes: 31 34.8%
  • Total voters
    89
mr. furley

mr. furley

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have noticed this more and more over the past, say, 18 months. restaurants listing calorie numbers for everything from soda, to cookies, to entrees, to sides.

it has definitely given me pause to reconsider when i notice that a cheeseburger at Culver's clocks in at 460 calories alone.

 
these jernts should be forced to pro-rate prices as per caloric content ... at fifty cents per calorie, you're not buying that cheezburger, are you?  :shrug:

 
mr. furley said:
have noticed this more and more over the past, say, 18 months. restaurants listing calorie numbers for everything from soda, to cookies, to entrees, to sides.

it has definitely given me pause to reconsider when i notice that a cheeseburger at Culver's clocks in at 460 calories alone.
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That's not that bad.  Expected more calories than that.  Of course if you eat this stuff all the time, then  :porked:

 
Yes but I've become very health conscious since losing weight. I don't want to have to lose weight again. So I'm trying not to get fat again. 

 
Used to work at Culver's.  The calorie listing rarely slowed people down.  I don't think many are under the illusion that they are eating healthy at a lot of these places. 

There were people coming in getting a 3pc cod dinner with Curds, Fries, and chasing it with a shake or concrete.  If I remember right, we are talking 2500-3000 calories there. 

 
yep 

and they are good from a corporate stand point too because it will force people to bring down calories

 
Yes.  Used to always get a slice of pizza at Costco until they put the calories on the board. Around 750 a slice for the special...now I never get one.  Would rather have 8 Miller Lites.

 
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KarmaPolice said:
Used to work at Culver's.  The calorie listing rarely slowed people down.  I don't think many are under the illusion that they are eating healthy at a lot of these places. 

There were people coming in getting a 3pc cod dinner with Curds, Fries, and chasing it with a shake or concrete.  If I remember right, we are talking 2500-3000 calories there. 
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Good Christ 

 
killface said:
Actually a lot of restaurant meals aren't high in calories...thus showing the ignorance of the average consumer
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Did you push your glasses up your nose as you said that, professor?

Did you really read that as me saying literally every restaurant meal is high calorie?

 
Andy Dufresne said:
Did you push your glasses up your nose as you said that, professor?

Did you really read that as me saying literally every restaurant meal is high calorie?
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No I pushed my glasses farther down my nose so i could look down my nose at you...does that feel better?

 
It has cost restaurants money from my family.  In the past the wife and I would probably order what sounded good for each of us.  But when that is 2000 calories each, we change our order and split something with about 1500 calories.  Better for my wallet and belly.

 
Actually had Panda Express at the mall yesterday and they put the calories on all dishes.  Totally influenced my decision.  Instead of getting the orange chicken, Beijing beef and lo mien for around 1400 calories I ordered the black pepper chicken, firecracker chicken with steamed veggies for around 600 total.

The calories on the fried rice and lo mien were so high it turned me off.

 
A lot of these posts show exactly why they need to be there.  Without them it can be nearly impossible to tell high calorie from low.  Rules should also include fat, saturated fat and salt

 
I suspect if you are that calorie conscious, you probably shouldn't be eating out much anyway.  So splurge when you do!  Quite honestly, I doubt many of those calorie counts are very accurate.

 
mr. furley said:
have noticed this more and more over the past, say, 18 months. restaurants listing calorie numbers for everything from soda, to cookies, to entrees, to sides.

it has definitely given me pause to reconsider when i notice that a cheeseburger at Culver's clocks in at 460 calories alone.
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The Menu Labeling law was passed all the way back in 2010 but the standards weren't finalized until 2014. The law takes effect on May 5th, 2017 which is why you are seeing more and more places doing it now.

 
killface said:
A lot of these posts show exactly why they need to be there.  Without them it can be nearly impossible to tell high calorie from low.  Rules should also include fat, saturated fat and salt
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Not all calories/fat are the same. "Big Sugar" (Coca Cola, Pepsi, Hershey, General Mills, etc) has spent BILLIONS of dollars pushing the anti-fat and calorie-counting agenda on US consumers when sugar is the real villain. We should be counting grams of sugar, not fat or calories. 

The Science of Sweet

 
Yeah but not in the fast food type way. If I'm heading to Wendy's for a couple JBCs, spicy chicken nuggets and a Frosty, I know what I'm getting into. It's when you go into other places, and see the sticker shock of healthy sounding items that actually aren't, that it matters.

 
E-Z Glider said:
Not all calories/fat are the same. "Big Sugar" (Coca Cola, Pepsi, Hershey, General Mills, etc) has spent BILLIONS of dollars pushing the anti-fat and calorie-counting agenda on US consumers when sugar is the real villain. We should be counting grams of sugar, not fat or calories. 

The Science of Sweet
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We should be counting all of the above. 

 
I love when I visit NYC and the calories are front and center. Order just like beers - highest ABV/calories for my dollar. :VBD: :porked:

 
I would say if I am in the mood for something I really like (pizza) it doesn't, but it does deter me from other meals I don't care about as much. Like, going to the turkey on wheat sub (400 calories) instead of the chicken tender (850). That's been a no-brainer. 

I already knew one was better but seeing it in your face does help. 

 
Nugget said:
Sometimes I switch to something with more calories because of it. More bang for my buck. 
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:yes:

Da Guru said:
Actually had Panda Express at the mall yesterday and they put the calories on all dishes.  Totally influenced my decision.  Instead of getting the orange chicken, Beijing beef and lo mien for around 1400 calories I ordered the black pepper chicken, firecracker chicken with steamed veggies for around 600 total.

The calories on the fried rice and lo mien were so high it turned me off.
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Funny, I'll get the veggies and order the two highest calorie items from what I'm considering.  

 
Me, no.  My wife, yes.  She was the type of person to look up calorie info on their websites though so it's really convenient for her.

 
-OZ- said:
 In this context education is less of the problem than discipline.
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My guess would be that few know and of those that do few care to stick to the "limit".

But there's certainly no harm in showing the calorie count.

 
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The percentages scare me off more.

When something has 90% of something bad for my daily allotment I'll try and see if there are better options.

 
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