Comments on: Expert: Many Underestimate Calories

Health Advocates Want To Force Restaurant Chains To List Calories On Menus

[ravenkitty1]

I found it hard to believe that anyone doing a report on calories found it confusing that a 12" sub would have twice as many calories as a 6" sub. I think that would be about second grade math. Is there anyone out there that does not realize that putting mayo on a sandwich will add lots of calories and fat! You can make any food or recipe unhealthy if you try. On the other hand, you can modify the same and make it healthy. Don''t buy the 12" sub with tons of mayo! Subway does have many healthy choices. Instead of picking on the chains that do supply nutrition info., go after the ones who will not. Everyone has the right to know what they are eating. It should not only be fast food chains but all restaurants that must supply this info. Fast food chains are not the only ones who make unhealthy foods. Some of the best and/or most expensive restaurants prepare their foods using very unhealthy methods. What about all the restaurants that serve fried foods and think of all that butter we dip our lobster in! And we didn''t even touch on how much salt you get when eating out (or in processed foods as well). Why do companies have to put nutrition info on foods bought at the grocery store if restaurants do not have to supply the facts. I thought this story was poorly done and frankly did not make Lesley look to intelligent.

[ravenkitty1]

I found it hard to believe that anyone doing a report on calories found it confusing that a 12" sub would have twice as many calories as a 6" sub. I think that would be about second grade math. Is there anyone out there that does not realize that putting mayo on a sandwich will add lots of calories and fat! You can make any food or recipe unhealthy if you try. On the other hand, you can modify the same and make it healthy. Don''t buy the 12" sub with tons of mayo! Subway does have many healthy choices. Instead of picking on the chains that do supply nutrition info., go after the ones who will not. Everyone has the right to know what they are eating. It should not only be fast food chains but all restaurants that must supply this info. Fast food chains are not the only ones who make unhealthy foods. Some of the best and/or most expensive restaurants prepare their foods using very unhealthy methods. What about all the restaurants that serve fried foods and think of all that butter we dip our lobster in! And we didn''t even touch on how much salt you get when eating out (or in processed foods as well). Why do companies have to put nutrition info on foods bought at the grocery store if restaurants do not have to supply the facts. I thought this story was poorly done and frankly did not make Lesley look to intelligent.

[ravenkitty1]

I found it hard to believe that anyone doing a report on calories found it confusing that a 12" sub would have twice as many calories as a 6" sub. I think that would be about second grade math. Is there anyone out there that does not realize that putting mayo on a sandwich will add lots of calories and fat! You can make any food or recipe unhealthy if you try. On the other hand, you can modify the same and make it healthy. Don''t buy the 12" sub with tons of mayo! Subway does have many healthy choices. Instead of picking on the chains that do supply nutrition info., go after the ones who will not. Everyone has the right to know what they are eating. It should not only be fast food chains but all restaurants that must supply this info. Fast food chains are not the only ones who make unhealthy foods. Some of the best and/or most expensive restaurants prepare their foods using very unhealthy methods. What about all the restaurants that serve fried foods and think of all that butter we dip our lobster in! And we didn''t even touch on how much salt you get when eating out (or in processed foods as well). Why do companies have to put nutrition info on foods bought at the grocery store if restaurants do not have to supply the facts. I thought this story was poorly done and frankly did not make Lesley look to intelligent.

[ravenkitty1]

I found it hard to believe that anyone doing a report on calories found it confusing that a 12" sub would have twice as many calories as a 6" sub. I think that would be about second grade math. Is there anyone out there that does not realize that putting mayo on a sandwich will add lots of calories and fat! You can make any food or recipe unhealthy if you try. On the other hand, you can modify the same and make it healthy. Don''t buy the 12" sub with tons of mayo! Subway does have many healthy choices. Instead of picking on the chains that do supply nutrition info., go after the ones who will not. Everyone has the right to know what they are eating. It should not only be fast food chains but all restaurants that must supply this info. Fast food chains are not the only ones who make unhealthy foods. Some of the best and/or most expensive restaurants prepare their foods using very unhealthy methods. What about all the restaurants that serve fried foods and think of all that butter we dip our lobster in! And we didn''t even touch on how much salt you get when eating out (or in processed foods as well). Why do companies have to put nutrition info on foods bought at the grocery store if restaurants do not have to supply the facts. I thought this story was poorly done and frankly did not make Lesley look to intelligent.

[ravenkitty1]

I found it hard to believe that anyone doing a report on calories found it confusing that a 12" sub would have twice as many calories as a 6" sub. I think that would be about second grade math. Is there anyone out there that does not realize that putting mayo on a sandwich will add lots of calories and fat! You can make any food or recipe unhealthy if you try. On the other hand, you can modify the same and make it healthy. Don''t buy the 12" sub with tons of mayo! Subway does have many healthy choices. Instead of picking on the chains that do supply nutrition info., go after the ones who will not. Everyone has the right to know what they are eating. It should not only be fast food chains but all restaurants that must supply this info. Fast food chains are not the only ones who make unhealthy foods. Some of the best and/or most expensive restaurants prepare their foods using very unhealthy methods. What about all the restaurants that serve fried foods and think of all that butter we dip our lobster in! And we didn''t even touch on how much salt you get when eating out (or in processed foods as well). Why do companies have to put nutrition info on foods bought at the grocery store if restaurants do not have to supply the facts. I thought this story was poorly done and frankly did not make Lesley look to intelligent.

[ravenkitty1]

I found it hard to believe that anyone doing a report on calories found it confusing that a 12" sub would have twice as many calories as a 6" sub. I think that would be about second grade math. Is there anyone out there that does not realize that putting mayo on a sandwich will add lots of calories and fat! You can make any food or recipe unhealthy if you try. On the other hand, you can modify the same and make it healthy. Don''t buy the 12" sub with tons of mayo! Subway does have many healthy choices. Instead of picking on the chains that do supply nutrition info., go after the ones who will not. Everyone has the right to know what they are eating. It should not only be fast food chains but all restaurants that must supply this info. Fast food chains are not the only ones who make unhealthy foods. Some of the best and/or most expensive restaurants prepare their foods using very unhealthy methods. What about all the restaurants that serve fried foods and think of all that butter we dip our lobster in! And we didn''t even touch on how much salt you get when eating out (or in processed foods as well). Why do companies have to put nutrition info on foods bought at the grocery store if restaurants do not have to supply the facts. I thought this story was poorly done and frankly did not make Lesley look to intelligent.

[ravenkitty1]

I found it hard to believe that anyone doing a report on calories found it confusing that a 12" sub would have twice as many calories as a 6" sub. I think that would be about second grade math. Is there anyone out there that does not realize that putting mayo on a sandwich will add lots of calories and fat! You can make any food or recipe unhealthy if you try. On the other hand, you can modify the same and make it healthy. Don''t buy the 12" sub with tons of mayo! Subway does have many healthy choices. Instead of picking on the chains that do supply nutrition info., go after the ones who will not. Everyone has the right to know what they are eating. It should not only be fast food chains but all restaurants that must supply this info. Fast food chains are not the only ones who make unhealthy foods. Some of the best and/or most expensive restaurants prepare their foods using very unhealthy methods. What about all the restaurants that serve fried foods and think of all that butter we dip our lobster in! And we didn''t even touch on how much salt you get when eating out (or in processed foods as well). Why do companies have to put nutrition info on foods bought at the grocery store if restaurants do not have to supply the facts. I thought this story was poorly done and frankly did not make Lesley look to intelligent.

[ravenkitty1]

I found it hard to believe that anyone doing a report on calories found it confusing that a 12" sub would have twice as many calories as a 6" sub. I think that would be about second grade math. Is there anyone out there that does not realize that putting mayo on a sandwich will add lots of calories and fat! You can make any food or recipe unhealthy if you try. On the other hand, you can modify the same and make it healthy. Don''t buy the 12" sub with tons of mayo! Subway does have many healthy choices. Instead of picking on the chains that do supply nutrition info., go after the ones who will not. Everyone has the right to know what they are eating. It should not only be fast food chains but all restaurants that must supply this info. Fast food chains are not the only ones who make unhealthy foods. Some of the best and/or most expensive restaurants prepare their foods using very unhealthy methods. What about all the restaurants that serve fried foods and think of all that butter we dip our lobster in! And we didn''t even touch on how much salt you get when eating out (or in processed foods as well). Why do companies have to put nutrition info on foods bought at the grocery store if restaurants do not have to supply the facts. I thought this story was poorly done and frankly did not make Lesley look to intelligent.

Do we need local, state and federal officials to play mommy and daddy and tell us what to eat? As for the kids, how about we start silly things like recess and gym class. When I was a kid we had a morning recess (15min.), lunch (20 min. to eat and 20 min. OUTSIDE recess), and an afternoon recess (15 min.). We were REQUIRED to play outside even in winter. We had to live ONE MILE OR MORE from school to RIDE THE BUS. EVERYONE else walked. And, yes, we had gym class and could not graduate without getting a passing grade.
Please tell Dr. What%u2019s his name the cause of obesity is lack of exercise and too many calories. They knew that in the %u201850%u2019s%u2019. Nevertheless, maybe we should spend a couple billion dollars on a study to tell us what we already know.
So, once we regulate restaurants to list calories, etc%u2026and what has become %u201Cthe laziest American generation%u201D insists on over eating and being defiant %u201Ccouch potatoes%u201D, what will the government do? Will we hire %u201Cfat police%u201D to use cattle prods on us to %u201Cencourage%u201D us to eat right and walk or exercise? I suppose we could have them in every restaurant and on every street corner. Maybe they could check our ID to see if we are legal citizens or illegal aliens or %u201Cterrorists%u201D, too. Then again, with %u201CAmerican bureaucracy%u201D involved I suppose multitasking is too much to ask.

[ravenkitty1]

I found it hard to believe that anyone doing a report on calories found it confusing that a 12" sub would have twice as many calories as a 6" sub. I think that would be about second grade math. Is there anyone out there that does not realize that putting mayo on a sandwich will add lots of calories and fat! You can make any food or recipe unhealthy if you try. On the other hand, you can modify the same and make it healthy. Don''t buy the 12" sub with tons of mayo! Subway does have many healthy choices. Instead of picking on the chains that do supply nutrition info., go after the ones who will not. Everyone has the right to know what they are eating. It should not only be fast food chains but all restaurants that must supply this info. Fast food chains are not the only ones who make unhealthy foods. Some of the best and/or most expensive restaurants prepare their foods using very unhealthy methods. What about all the restaurants that serve fried foods and think of all that butter we dip our lobster in! And we didn''t even touch on how much salt you get when eating out (or in processed foods as well). Why do companies have to put nutrition info on foods bought at the grocery store if restaurants do not have to supply the facts. I thought this story was poorly done and frankly did not make Lesley look to intelligent.

[evangeline8]

How lazy! the funniest thing Lesley said was, "turn on a computer and check the calories!? That''s hard work" or something to that end. LAZY! Even if she was playing the devils advocate! I couldn''t say that in good covcl,,nnnnscience. What a lazy lazy country we are living in.

[nwebba]

I want to comment on calorie counting with Lesley Stahl. I think we need to educate our children at very early age. And the best way to start is in our schools. And don''t forget we need to get the parents involved. We need to encourage not blame. JUST CHANGE!I work in a cafiteria at a high school in Florida. The food is very unhealthy. It is like the food court at the mall. The only healthy meal is the veggie salad. The school offcials think otherwise. The meals are high in fat and carbs. Our students need to be encouraged to eat better and exercise. WE REALLY NEED TO TEACH NUTRTION (cafiteria worker at PCHS)

[selwynsue]

There it goes...one more freedom of choice! Most people know that eating at a fast food resturant is not very healthy..but it is a choice!! What would happen if everyone stayed away from the fast food joints....oops there goes Mr. Frieden''s tax dollars!!

[selwynsue]

There it goes...one more freedom of choice! Most people know that eating at a fast food resturant is not very healthy..but it is a choice!! What would happen if everyone stayed away from the fast food joints....oops there goes Mr. Frieden''s tax dollars!!

[oomhs1]

This was ridiculous. I track my calories using free software and spreadsheets, and it''s very easy to get the information I need from most restaurant websites. It''s a simple matter of meeting the customer''s need: if I cannot easily learn the nutritional information about that restaurant, I don''t eat there. Eathing in a healthy manner is most easily accomplished from home, anyway, but if you have to eat out, it''s not difficult to educate yourself enough to have options. Implying that the consumer wouldn''t realize that doubling the portion size or adding fattening condiments like mayonnaise is, frankly, insulting. What on earth became of personal responsibility?

[rossfaris]

dear 60 minutes;

You seem to have a schizophrenic approach to america. In one breath you tell a cautionary tale about the f.b.i. and it''s misuse of science to convict possibly innocent people, implying, rightly so, that government is inherently untrustworthy and needs watching. In the next breath, Leslie Stahl agressively attacks the issue of government requiring restaurants (only chain, fast-food restaurants)to post in BIG, kindergarten letters, with, as was implied by Stahl, bright, eye-catching colors. Stahl''s attack is not against the silly government intrusion. Oh, No!!!! Her hostility and antagonism was only reserved for spokesmen of the restaurant industry who are justifiably unhappy about this new round in the never-ending campaign to infantilize our society and citizens.

Kudos to you, Stahl, for selling the Nanny State, you Ellsworth Toohey!

Sincerely, Ross Faris

[djwedekind]

Calorie counting isn''t the best way to lose weight - moderation is. Restaurants should limit portion sizes to a normal amount of food. The food isn''t necessarily bad unless eaten in extreme amounts. We''ve grown comfortable with supersizing everything a 6" sub sandwhich is plenty regardless of calories. The numbers from calorie menus in the hands of adolescents can also lead to devasting eating disorders. It''s all about how much we eat beyond our intuitive fullness.

[grammawhamma]

People that order giant fast food meals already know that they are fattening. Listing the calories won''t change anything. What will they think of next...that if an obese person orders an unhealthy meal...a siren goes off and a spotlight shines on the obese person to ridicule them!? Enuf is enuf already.

[jwu2002]

People won''t eat healthy until the Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is out of the food.

[grammawhamma]

alwap1313: Buy bags of frozen veggies. They are fairly cheap in price and keep a long time in your freezer. They taste just as good if not overcooked.

This comment does not pertain to fast food but to restaurants. I have a small appetite and a small budget. Why are kid''s portions restricted to children only? Why should the restaurant care if the person ordering and eating it is 6 or 60?