Would It Make A Difference?

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All of the food products we buy include a calorie count. Even restaurants now include that same calorie count on the menu. Do those disclosures influence your choices?


What if those disclosures also included a visual of how much exercise would be needed to burn those calories? For example, the snack bag of potato chips would include a drawing of someone on a bicycle for 55 minutes. Or that ice cream sundae with hot fudge might show 180 minutes on an elliptical machine.

 

I didn’t create this idea. I saw a news article recently that this type of labeling is actually being considered.

 

Would this type of disclosure influence your choices more than the calorie count? I see fewer ice cream sundaes in my future.


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Corey Bearak

Why all the focus of late on food? It's not just calories but what's generating same.
Fred Klein

I think it is a good idea. Running a mile is only 100 calpries
Rona Gura

Absolutely!!! I am a forever Weight Watcher. I am forever tracking my food. Was doing it this morning at our meeting.

Submitted by MarilynGenoa on Tue, 04/12/2016 - 03:37

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Marilyn Genoa

As someone who never (and knows she should) exercises, I know that food (what we put into our bodies) is so much more than just calories and what is needed to exercise them off. I have actually learned much from my vegan daughter over the past several years---although that is not quite the life choice I have made, I am definitely far more thoughtful about what I choose to eat these days. What I find very interesting is how people react to conversations about food and food choices--the topic can often raise more defenses and strong feelings than politics.
Daniel Schwartz

For me, it so much more than just calorie counting that is desired to know. I am watching sodium and sugar intake which plays off carbs as well. I look at all of this when deciding what to eat and how much. Seeing a picture of exercising likely would not change my eating habits. I am just too used to the numbers as they are listed. But for those that don't watch their calorie intake, perhaps it might help. But a visit to any fast food place and watch what the typical person orders for lunch, yikes. It's no wonder we have such an unfit population in America. Portion control is the key and that does not seem to be changing where ever you go.

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