bullshit… they are already on food labels anyway and on fast-food menus.
Also this
Calories on menus ‘will positively affect people looking to watch their caloric intake to help them loose weight’
It really depends on the type of eating disorder. Heard so many people who would never eat out because of fear of unknown calories, knowing the number would help them
Just because something will be quite triggering for a very tiny minority doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be allowed. A huge amount of people do need to watch their weight and will benefit from this. If you have an ED and don’t want to see the calories on a menu get your friend to read the menu to you.
We all know why restaurant food tastes better than what we make at home, tons of fat and salt. It will be interesting to see how this works and the effects it’s has.
As someone watching my calorie intake, I’d very much like to see those numbers on the menu. I’m petite and I really have to weigh the numbers carefully to stay within limits.
Alcohol in restaurants ‘will negatively affect people with alcoholism’. Ban alcohol in restaurants.
Oh fuck off.
I watch my calorie intake like a hawk, having calories on a restaurant menu is eminently helpful.
Frankly I’d like restaurants to go further and give nutritional breakdowns as we find on packaged food. Choosing low carb/low sugar options would then be much easier.
There are most likely many smokers that get negatively triggered by the graphic “SMOKING GIVES YOU CANCER” messages on cigarette packaging; still not exactly a good reason to withhold important information from them.
There’s no requirement to read them, it’s a personal choice.
You cannot please all the people, all of the time.
The majority will benefit.
Actually, I’ve studied with one of the top CBT (arguably the most empirically supported therapies) eating disorder specialist as part of my psychology degree. Not wanting to see calories is known as a ‘safety behaviour’, as while it provides temporary relief for those suffering with some EDs it actually reinforces the idea that calories are a negative scary thing. Recovery should be about understanding calories are a morally neutral measurement of energy, nothing more. Recovery from triggers isn’t about avoiding them it’s about learning to cope with them.
Furthermore, what about those with EDs where calorie counting helps them, like binge eating? Do they not matter because they are more likely to be overweight? This is showing to me a lot of people see overweight individuals as to blame and underweight individuals victims of an illness. Which is just fat phobia.
Not to mention those with EDs are the minority anyways.
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bullshit… they are already on food labels anyway and on fast-food menus.
Also this
Calories on menus ‘will positively affect people looking to watch their caloric intake to help them loose weight’
It really depends on the type of eating disorder. Heard so many people who would never eat out because of fear of unknown calories, knowing the number would help them
Just because something will be quite triggering for a very tiny minority doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be allowed. A huge amount of people do need to watch their weight and will benefit from this. If you have an ED and don’t want to see the calories on a menu get your friend to read the menu to you.
We all know why restaurant food tastes better than what we make at home, tons of fat and salt. It will be interesting to see how this works and the effects it’s has.
As someone watching my calorie intake, I’d very much like to see those numbers on the menu. I’m petite and I really have to weigh the numbers carefully to stay within limits.
Alcohol in restaurants ‘will negatively affect people with alcoholism’. Ban alcohol in restaurants.
Oh fuck off.
I watch my calorie intake like a hawk, having calories on a restaurant menu is eminently helpful.
Frankly I’d like restaurants to go further and give nutritional breakdowns as we find on packaged food. Choosing low carb/low sugar options would then be much easier.
There are most likely many smokers that get negatively triggered by the graphic “SMOKING GIVES YOU CANCER” messages on cigarette packaging; still not exactly a good reason to withhold important information from them.
There’s no requirement to read them, it’s a personal choice.
You cannot please all the people, all of the time.
The majority will benefit.
Actually, I’ve studied with one of the top CBT (arguably the most empirically supported therapies) eating disorder specialist as part of my psychology degree. Not wanting to see calories is known as a ‘safety behaviour’, as while it provides temporary relief for those suffering with some EDs it actually reinforces the idea that calories are a negative scary thing. Recovery should be about understanding calories are a morally neutral measurement of energy, nothing more. Recovery from triggers isn’t about avoiding them it’s about learning to cope with them.
Furthermore, what about those with EDs where calorie counting helps them, like binge eating? Do they not matter because they are more likely to be overweight? This is showing to me a lot of people see overweight individuals as to blame and underweight individuals victims of an illness. Which is just fat phobia.
Not to mention those with EDs are the minority anyways.