Food labels can only help: Your Say

The FDA recently announced new rules that require food establishments with 20 or more locationsto post the calories in each of their items. Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

This move sounds good, but it is probably a fool's mission by the Food and Drug Administration. I read calorie information when it is available, but I already am health conscious.

— Dick Goodrick

Listing calorie amounts might have a better chance of helping people cut back if the recommended daily caloric intake was also listed. I wonder how many people know how many calories they should be consuming daily to maintain a healthy weight.

— Linda Ingmanson

These labels are useless. Get government out of our lives with these stupid regulations. If you really want to lose weight, stop eating simple carbs, or moderate your intake of them.

— Bill Johnson

This information might be useless to some people, but others find it empowering to be informed eaters. Many people don't realize that a salad at a restaurant can be over 1,000 calories.

— J David Miller

People are unlikely to read the menu calorie count, much less heed the advice to watch intake. Frankly, enough is enough. The government is micromanaging the populace.

— David McKercher

How is giving folks information to make good decisions micromanaging?

We are a nation of fatties, which is driving up health care costs. Let's at least get real information out there to help out.

— Jay Tanenbaum

The only people who would be against this are those who work in the food industry. Overall, this is great for Americans who care about what they eat.

Food is life, and we have every right to know as much as we want about the calories in restaurant meals.

— Arnie L Schwartz

Any place serving food should be required to display nutritional facts. Nutritional facts should include the ingredients used, for allergy reasons, the calories, the amount of sugar and more.

I know when I go anywhere to eat, I always ask what's in the food I order and what the calories are. I want to know what I'm putting in my body.

— Samantha Elizabeth

The biggest problem for most people is a sedentary lifestyle. Watch how kids today sit for hours with video games and seldom go out and actually play.

— Barry Levy