Why Don Restaurants Disclose The Nutrition Information Of Their Foods?
Weight loss is a big subject on a lot of people’s minds these days, and for good reason. America and other developed nations are experiencing problems with obesity and overweight like never before. If you eat out a lot, it may have crossed your mind that it is not easy to find out what the nutritional facts and calorie information on the food you are eating it. Indeed, even a lot of chain restaurants, which have web sites, will not reveal the nutritional data on the food they serve to the public. Why is this? Restaurants successfully convinced congress a few years ago that they do not need to share its nutritional facts. This measure effectively exempts most restaurants from the 1990 Nutrition Labeling and Education Act. Most national chains such as Outback Steakhouse are not required to share the nutritional info on any of their foods, either in their restaurants, or on the Internet. What may even be more alarming is the fact that, were you to ask the restaurant for nutritional facts,
