"The analysis combines findings from two key sources to understand how calories posted on fast-food menu boards could shape the health of California. A 2008 New York City study found that patrons of fast-food restaurants where calorie counts were shown consumed 52 fewer calories per visit. And a 2007 consumer survey shows that California adults who eat at fast-food chains do so an average of 3.4 times per week. Based on conservative math, the UC Berkeley Center for Weight and Health calculates that menu labeling of calories in California could reduce caloric intake by over 9,000 calories per person annually."Assuming, of course, that the Calories are not "compensated for" elsewhere.
This is clearly true - that "nutrition professionals" are wrong:
"In just two decades, Americans have fallen in love with eating out, consuming nearly half their calories away from home. Fast-food outlets, according to the analysis, are the largest single source of those meals. Unfortunately, knowledge of the nutrition content of fast food is hard to come by. 'Even nutrition professionals underestimate the calories contained in meals typically available at fast-food restaurants by 200 to 600 calories,' the analysis states."And this is also true, as Fitness Watch readers have known for years:
"'Weight gain is a simple mathematical formula,' insists Dr. Harold Goldstein of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, a cooperator on the report. 'If you can skim 50 calories off your diet each time you eat out, you are going to reduce your weight gain and might even lose weight...'"And weight loss is a simple mathematical formula.
It will always be about Calories in vs. Calories out.
However, I contend there is a better, more accurate way for people to lose the weight by employing the remarkable consistency of a fast food establishment's quality control.
Either way, nothing will ever trump Calories in, Calories out.
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