As of next year, in a decree passed this month, restaurant chains in New York will be obliged to list calories on their menus. The regulation was passed by the New York City Board of Health as one of a series of measures to help prevent obesity. (U.K. Guardian,, Wednesday)
Seemingly small regulations add to big chains of government control over our lives.br/gt;
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