New York City has required restaurants to post calories on menu choices for the last year or so.  Do these calorie postings change eating habits?  A new study from researchers at New York University and Yale in low-income neighborhoods where there are high rates obesity indicates not.

Published in Health Affairs journal, the study looked at customers in four fast-food chains, and found that about half of them noticed the calorie postings, and 28 percent  of those people thought about what they were ordering.  9 out of 10 of those said the calorie counts influenced them to make changes.

The researcher, Brian Elbel of NYU, found that just listing calorie counts was probably not enough.  The difference seems to be about cost of the food, with fast-food dollar menus, and “meals” being cheaper than healthier alternatives.

Here’s an article on the study in the New York Times.

Where do YOU weigh-in on restaurant calorie postings?  Should they be required; should it be a new, as it is in New York?  Would YOU make changes to your eating if you saw how many calories there are in fast-foods?  Please comment below.