It should be required by federal law...

It should be that way for the chain restaurants.

...To have printed "Nutrition Facts" for every menu item in every restaurant in the country. It should be required to have it available either in print, at the front of the restaurant, or online for anyone to read. Does anyone else get as frustrated as I do when they go out to eat?

since I don't know you, I will have to ask, do you cook for yourself or do you usually go out for most of your meals?

when I usually go out and eat at restaurants, I don't really care about the nutritional facts, nor am I telling you that you shouldn't care either, I just order and eat what I really enjoy because the way I see it, going out to eat, is like having a treat, why would anyone skimp out on a treat?

While I'm not sure of the feasibility of nutrition information across the board for all restaurants, there is definitely more they could do to make health conscious patrons feel more welcomed. Clearly marking dishes that are below a certain calorie threshold or could be easily modified to be under that threshold, making substitutions for sides easy (and plainly written, like "your choice of steamed broccoli, cucumber salad, or grilled corn could replace any side listed on our entrees") or offering half size portions of popular dishes.

This is a little left field here but still has to do with laws and nutrition. So i was at urgent care about a month ago and something came on the TV in the waiting room saying that it has been proposed for nutritional labels to be changed. One of the first changes would be for the calories to be in bigger font, the narrator said something along the lines of many americans dont know what number they are looking for and are easily confused or something to that affect, the said a few more things but the only other piece of imformation that caught my attention is that they are thinking about changing the seving sizes to "standard american portions" so instead of half a cup of icecream the serving size and calories would reflect half the bucket, instead of one ounce of chips the whole bag. I literally sat there with my mouth agape.

Any one else hear of this?

Sorry that is off topic

Seriously? You are attacking THIS of all things? The government regulates MANY things, including spending a half a trillion dollars on welfare and PROMOTING it through advertisement, and you are attacking my suggestion to mandate that all food have nutrition facts listed on it? alright then...

Moving right along. When food is packaged and distributed it has to be lab tested for nutritional value. When it is a matter of assembling a meal out of items that have been lab tested for nutritional value you do not have to re-test them, you just have to add them up.

The government regulates way too much as it is, how about we have some personal responsibility. You don't have to go out to eat, you make the choice read the description make a decision if it's worth your calories or not. Having the government mandate this would cost more money to restaurants in turn raising the cost for us.

I have some severe food allergies so when I go out I take personal responsibility to ask if I'm unsure of the ingredients because it's my choice to go out, they aren't responsible for my healthy, I AM!

Recipes are usually used as a general guide in restaurants. It depends on who's cooking as to exactly your food is prepared. Bob may oil the pan but Sally may use butter. Bob may season a little more heavily. Nothing is exact and for that reason I think many restaurants avoid publishing nutritional information for that reason. People can try and sue you for anything these days. It would be nice to have printed information available but honestly the nutritional information could vary drastically from plate to plate.

This is a little left field here but still has to do with laws and nutrition. So i was at urgent care about a month ago and something came on the TV in the waiting room saying that it has been proposed for nutritional labels to be changed. One of the first changes would be for the calories to be in bigger font, the narrator said something along the lines of many americans dont know what number they are looking for and are easily confused or something to that affect, the said a few more things but the only other piece of imformation that caught my attention is that they are thinking about changing the seving sizes to "standard american portions" so instead of half a cup of icecream the serving size and calories would reflect half the bucket, instead of one ounce of chips the whole bag. I literally sat there with my mouth agape.

Any one else hear of this?

Sorry that is off topic

I think they wanted to change it to reflect the whole meal instead of a serving size. Like...you show the calories for a whole pizza instead of a fourth of a pizza.

This is a little left field here but still has to do with laws and nutrition. So i was at urgent care about a month ago and something came on the TV in the waiting room saying that it has been proposed for nutritional labels to be changed. One of the first changes would be for the calories to be in bigger font, the narrator said something along the lines of many americans dont know what number they are looking for and are easily confused or something to that affect, the said a few more things but the only other piece of imformation that caught my attention is that they are thinking about changing the seving sizes to "standard american portions" so instead of half a cup of icecream the serving size and calories would reflect half the bucket, instead of one ounce of chips the whole bag. I literally sat there with my mouth agape.

Any one else hear of this?

Sorry that is off topic

I think that "american portion" thing has to do with containers that are smaller but are listed as 2 or more servings: pints of ice cream, smaller sizes bags of chips, 20 ounce sodas, etc. People are normally having them in one go, not portioning them out (okay, we do also share with friends, but still).

Which will ends up in more and more restaurants will not cook fresh anymore but use ready prepared and labeled ingredients.
Absolutely a big NO here.
Find restaurants you trust to cook fresh and ask the cook what is in the meal. If he can't answer immediately, don't go there anymore.
Don't really get the problem

It's a problem because I don't want to stop eating at certain restaurants I like. I don't want to quit eating their food, I want them to provide Nutrition information.

Because, you know, it IS all about you...

Is it annoying?
Yes.
Should it be required?
F No!

HOW often are you going out to eat that this is affecting your total progress?

And, I'm pretty sure that you can tell what is and isn't good for you....

I've been wanting this for years. How many people do you know that eat 1 third of a candy bar? Or 1 slice of pizza? This is especially terrible on canned goods. I believe that all labels should list how much of each thing is in the entire container and do away with "serving size" and "servings per container" entirely. For those who either don't know, or those who do know but are just in a hurry, its very shady to put "15 calories per serving" and "contains 42 servings" on the same package of something that it is MOST COMMON to eat all of in one sitting.

Actually, any of them do list the servings per container, for containers that will likely be consumed in one sitting (soda, smaller bag of chips).

Honestly, I do only eat one or two slices of pizza. And, FFS, 1/3 of a candy bar isn't listed (ETA: regluar size, not king) . In the VAST majority of them, the entire bar is listed. Most of the serving sizes are pretty close to what a SERVING should be - one slice of pizza, 1/2 cup of ice cream (which is about a scoop), 1oz chips, 2-4 cookies, etc. Don't exaggerate because you don't want to get out your measuring cups or have any personal responsibility. Just because you're trying to lose weight doesn't mean you're entitled to new laws and new packaging requirements....

Honestly, I do only eat one or two slices of pizza. And, FFS, 1/3 of a candy bar isn't listed (ETA: regluar size, not king) . In the VAST majority of them, the entire bar is listed. Most of the serving sizes are pretty close to what a SERVING should be - one slice of pizza, 1/2 cup of ice cream (which is about a scoop), 1oz chips, 2-4 cookies, etc. Don't exaggerate because you don't want to get out your measuring cups or have any personal responsibility. Just because you're trying to lose weight doesn't mean you're entitled to new laws and new packaging requirements....

We aren't the ones requiring new laws or packaging requirements. The review of packaging is a pretty regular thing the Federal government does to make sure companies are being honest with consumers. Having a bag of chips sold with a sandwich listed as "two servings" in tiny print could be considered deceptive. Same thing with a 20 ounce soda being "2.5 servings".

We aren't exaggerating, this is what is being reported as the change. Just because you don't agree with the change, doesn't "entitle" you to get all snarky.