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I think menu labeling is a moderate attempt to help people be informed about their choices and make better decisions.  It is not as radical as banning certain types of  foods or taxing them. There is still plenty of free choice involved, but it is only reasonable to make it easier for those choices to be well-informed.  You wouldn't think of ordering a meal in a  restaurant without knowing the price of the things you were ordering. Why shouldn't it be just as easy to know the calorie cost?   Also, the way things are, restaurants are only competing with each other on size, cost and taste, and toy giveaways.  If they had to show calorie totals, maybe they would have an opportunity to compete on calorie counts as well.  Just think of the entrepreneurial energy that might be unleashed in creating lower calorie, tasty, cheap and filling meals!

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