If legislation passes requiring New York's chain restaurants to post calorie counts on their menu, will the city's residents actually change their eating habits?
According to Men's Fitness, NYC is the 19th fattest city in America. So makes for the PERFECT NEWSPEG to have Slate send out Christopher Flavelle for some man-on-the-street interviews to see whether anyone thinks having this information available while ordering will change what we feast on.
The only problem with Slate's methodology? It's unclear whether they asked actual New Yorkers. They went to Times Square, after all, and the people eating at chain restaurants there are, uh, often tourists. Like the guy, pictured here, wearing the ridiculous vest. (If he's a New Yorker, we're moving.)
Editorial Director
It may not make a difference in the meals that people eat, but it certainly stopped me from grabbing a cookie with my coffee at Starbucks yesterday.