Fewer than half of patrons, on average, notice the calorie counts on menus.
November 17/New York/Huffington Post -- The point of calorie counts on fast food restaurant menus is to spur customers to eat more healthfully, but a new study suggests they might not really work.
Not only do fewer than half of patrons, on average, notice the calorie counts on menus, those counts also did not seem to have any impact on what they ordered and how often they frequented the restaurant, New York University Langone Medical Center researchers found. They presented their findings at the annual meeting of the Obesity Society.