Why did the 28% of the people who noticed the calorie postings and said they were influenced by them choose higher-calorie offerings than usual?

I’m not sure I’d be so to quick to say the postings are not “working”, if you define “working” as merely drawing customers’ attention to the caloric value of their food choices.

April and Tameika may be lost causes, but it’s no surprise to me that there are going to be people who will order whatever, regardless of the consequences. After all, it’s fairly well established that fast food is dense in calories and low in nutritional value. Some folks don’t care. C’est la vie.

The study may have had different results too, had it been conducted in a different part of the city with a different demographic. Unfortunately, people in extremely poor areas often have much fewer healthy food choices and access to grocery stores, and instead, have access to a disproportionate amount of fast food restaurants.

So failure? I dunno. I’m going to wait to see the results of the larger study…

Like Ms. Coates said “I don’t really care to much.” “I know I shouldn’t, cause I’m big already.” That is a prime example of the average person.

April Matos, saying “Life is short,” is foolish. It will be a lot shorter for her and her 3-year-old son eating that way.

So posting calorie counts for food is not going to change a lot of people in my opinion.