Caloric content at fast food restaurants should DEFINITELY be easily accessible.

In fact, it is a requirement in New York City that certain fast-food and other chain restaurants disclose calorie information on their menus.

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I have really like having the nutritional information on the fast food packaging. The way it really helps me is to make me realize how far my perceived nutritional values are off. So while it might not change my choice today, the next time I have to swing by the drive through window, I am armed with better information for my decision

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I don't know if it's the same in America, but in England, we have the nutritional information on the packaging in McDonalds, and it makes a huge difference on what I choose when my boyfriend drags me in there. Granted, it's not much use until you've actually ordered it, but it helps for next time.

I'm a type 2 diabetic and try very had to make decisions of what to eat and what not. I am indated with information and it is had to know what is right and what is not. Is their a simple way to know what is right? I need a simple source of information that reveals the correct daily emounts of what types of food to eat to include the calorie counts. Just a simple chart or what to eat and not to eat. I love fruits and learn that some of them are high in sugar which is not good. What are the lower calorie fruits that are o'kay to eat with out the guessing game I now experiencing. Their has to be a better way or a simple way to connect the dots. Fast foods are always a hard choice for everyone. It reminde of the cigaret industry loading up the cigarets with substant that make them addictive seems to be the food industry objective as well. Without and constrants out there to help the public thr food industary will run amock to make money and the competition between providers to out do and sell each other comes first.

I don't know how it is in the US, but at McDonald's in Canada ALL of the NI for every food on the Menu is printed on the back of the paper placemats. FYI: the bacon egg / sausage egg McGriddle is the highest calorie item on the Menu.

Also, every now and then I go to fast food restaurant websites and look up their NI, then I try to make a mental note of what the best choice is and get that item the next time I find myself there.

So...What to chose?!?!?

I for sure would love to see the calorie count on fast food items. I am always on the go and sometimes fast food is my only choice, so I just guess at which item has the least calories. And I'm not always right! I thought I was doing good with a chicken BLT salad from wendys and that has more calories than a burrito from taco bell!

I definetly would love for all fast food/chain restaurants to put the nutrition content on their menu, especially calorie, fats, and sodium, yes the fiber would help too since that does make a difference if you have something is high in fat. Because since they generally over do it anyway in the size of portions the least they could do is make it availble. I would like to be availble for drivethru/pick up menus too so we can watch our waistlines.

I think it is necessary for fast food restaurants to post nutritional information because there are people who need to know it. I am diabetic, and need to be aware of what I am eating. I have run into situations where I ask in the store for the nutrition, and was told it was posted online- then the website said to check with the restaurant. Something needs to be standardized.

I feel that it's possible for someone to go into Mc donalds on impulse but once they see the calorie count next to the listed item they can make an informed choice.

People are fooling themselves if they think a calorie count posted on a fast food label is going to help them make better choices. If you need a label to tell you a fastfood burger is high in calories, then you are pretty ignorant. I would like to think it would help all of us make better choices, but I think I would buy fast food regardless and so would you...you are fooling yourself if you think otherwise. Just being truthful and realistic about the subject unlike most people who voted on the poll.

I'd like to see calorie counts on every menu. When you're trying to lose weight, it greatly helps! There's a discussion going on about this: http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-fbhtdiscrim&msg=207.1

I lived in Japan for two years and most of the chain restaurants there do this very thing. I found it to be really cool- it's not just about what a Big Mac's calorie content is, or what a large Coke's calorie content is (which, if you've looked it up, you can kind of figure out how much it would be if you doubled or tripled the serving), but it's the different meals at the different restaurants that would make it hard to judge the calorie content. Sometimes (in Japan) I'd be shocked to see a meal I thought would be lower in calories and it turned out to be much higher than something I thought would be really high. The point is, when you're not cooking a meal yourself, you have no idea what really goes into it. Therefore, I think it is a good thing that calories (and/or other content info) be listed on all restaurants' menus. It helped me alter my choice by steering me away from an emotional choice and toward a more balanced, sensible one. I'm for it all the way!

I find that if restaurants list their nutritional information -- which many of them do online -- that I can make more informed, nutritionally dense dining choices. A large amount of calories listed on a labe is absolutely a deterrent for me, but, then again, I'm an anorectic and probably not the best person to ask.

I for sure would love to see the calorie count on fast food items. I am always on the go and sometimes fast food is my only choice, so I just guess at which item has the least calories. And I'm not always right! I thought I was doing good with a chicken BLT salad from wendys and that has more calories than a burrito from taco bell!

I would like to be availble for drivethru/pick up menus too so we can watch our waistlines...
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I feel that it's possible for someone to go into Mc donalds on impulse but once they see the calorie count next to the listed item they can make an informed choice.