Monday, November 18, 2013

It Seems that Consumers Couldn't Care Less About Calorie Counts

It certainly hasn't changed my mind when it comes to buying fast food.

The research team collected customer receipts at McDonald's and Burger King restaurants and surveyed customers about how often they ate at fast food restaurants and whether or not they glanced at calorie information. Researchers surveyed customers both before and after February 2010, when the Philadelphia calorie-count label mandate went into effect.

The researchers also conducted a telephone survey of the city's residents, to gauge how much people paid attention to calorie counts on restaurant menus.

Findings showed no difference in how often people ate at fast food restaurants or the amount of calories they consumed before and after the policy went into effect in Philadelphia, HealthDay reports. 

Yeah they just take up space and make the menu look cluttered. I usually eat the same thing from McDonalds anyway. I get a 10 piece chicken nuggets with red hot sauce value meal. Sometimes I get a Big Mac or a Quarterpounder meal if I'm especially hungry. Other than that I usually don't get anything else at McDonalds now that the Strawberry Lemonade has been discontinued.

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