This just out. A Dietitians of Canada (DC) press release that provides their explicit support for posting of calories on menus in restaurants!
Regular readers will remember a few weeks back when I posted my concern that DC was actually going to come out against mandatory restaurants menu labeling. They had sent out a loaded questionnaire that reported they had their own concerns and then a spokesperson came out and suggested that putting calories on menus might cause Canadians who were reading them to misinterpret them as some sort of taste-o-meter reading and aim for more of them.
All I can say is kudos to DC for finding the right path on this issue and thank you to all of my dietitian and non-dietitian readers who wrote DC with their concerns.
[Hat tip to dietitian, author and columnist Rosie Schwartz and her Twittering (@rosieschwartz) of the press release]
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Breaking News: Dietitians of Canada Support Calories on Menus
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2 comments:
hmm...now don't you look like a fool for endlessly bashing them. Maybe next time you will wait until an organization actually states their position before publically lambasting them? Nah, doubful.
hmmm...jason seems cranky. A dietitan?
Could it be that Dr. Freedhoff's initial and well publicized concern along with his requested letter writing campaign helped make their minds up for them?
Will jason get a life? Nah, doubtful.
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