date:Mar 05, 2013
Showing diners how many calories are in restaurant food items may influence how much they eat - especially among the least health-conscious people, a new study suggests.
It's encouraging because the information may help the people who will need it the most, said Lorien Urban, who has researched menu labeling at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Boston's Tufts University.
Previous studies have found that people tend to eat less when they are told how many calories