date:Sep 15, 2012
started posting calorie counts. Further afield in Seattle where chains are also now required to display calories (the practice also spread to California), a study of 37 sit-down and quick service burger, pizza, sandwich, and Tex-Mex chains in the area found fast-food entrees contained about 19 less calories only 18 months after the regulation was implemented. This might not seem like much of an improvement, but 19 calories lost per meal over a number of years can amount to a number of pounds l