Tuesday, November 24, 2009

HEALTHCARE REFORM BILLS WOULD REQUIRE RESTAURANTS TO DISCLOSE CALORIES

US News Weekly reports that for the "most part, the Democrats' healthcare reform legislation focuses on insurance coverage and insurance reforms," but "there are proposals on the table, experts say, that at least begin to address the obesity problem. In one of the more far-reaching approaches, both the House bill...and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's bill...would require that all large fast-food chains and restaurants put calorie labels on their menus and displays."