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                                                                                                                                                                                          Michael Jacobson, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Executive Editor
                                                                                                                                                                                            Bonnie Liebman, M.S.
                                                                                                                                                                                                Director of Nutrition
                                                                                                                                                                                             Stephen B. Schmidt
                               THE HIDDEN COST OF EATING OUT                                                                                                                                       Editor-in-Chief
                                                                                                                                                                                               Jayne Hurley, RD
                                                                                                                                                                                                 David Schardt
                                                                                                                                                                                                Senior Nutritionists
                                                                                                  That should come as no surprise.  What                                                      Heather Jones, RD
                                              Over the last several                                                                                                is                         Tamar Genger, RD
                                              decades, obesity rates have                     surprising is that a Tim Hortons Carrot                                                    Sarah Wade, B.Sc. (Nutr.)
                                              doubled in adults and                           Whole Wheat Muffin has more calories                                                              Project Coordinators
                                              tripled in children.  And                       than a Fireside Roast Beef Sandwich (even                                                          Nicole Ferring
                                              restaurant food deserves                        with the creamy dressing).  And could you                                                      Administrative Assistant
                                              some of the blame.                              tell by looking that a large McDonald’s                                                      Wendy Waldbauer, RD
                                                                                                                                                                                   Namita Davis, B.Sc. (Appl. Nutr.) 
                                                  If eating out were still a                  Triple Thick Milkshake has more calories                                                        Marsha Rosen, RD
                                              rare event, it wouldn’t                         than                                                                                             Consultants (Toronto)
                                                                                                       two Quarter Pounders with Cheese?
                                              matter what restaurants                         Shouldn’t diners be able to take that into                                                      Lauren Clark, RDN
                  Memo from MFJ served.  In Canada, more                                      account before they decide what to order?                                                       Consultant (Vancouver)
                  than 40 cents out of every food dollar is                                       MP Tom Wappel of Scarborough                                                        CIRCULATION MANAGEMENT
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Dennis Bass
                  spent outside                                                                                                                   Southwest                            Debra Brink            Greg Hildebrandt
                  the home.                                                                                                                       (Ontario)                           Penny Brooks               Cecilia Saad
                                                                                                                                                                                      Damon Dorsey              Chris Schmidt
                  And what                                                                                                                        thinks so.  If                     Louella Fennell           Ken Waldmiller  
                  most people                                                                                                                     passed, his                                   SCIENTIFIC 
                  order isn’t                                                                                                                     Bill C-398                             ADVISORY BOARD
                  exactly spa                                                                                                                     would                                   Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D.
                  food.                                                                                                                           require                                          Yale University
                                                                                                                                                                                             New Haven, Connecticut
                      According                                                                                                                   large chain                        Mary T. Goodwin, B.Sc., C.P.H.
                  to U.S. stud-                                                                                                                   fast-food                                     Mabou, Nova Scotia
                  ies (there are                                                                                                                  restaurants                         Monique Julien, M.Sc., Dr.P.H.
                  no reliable                                                                                                                     to list calo-                               Université de Montréal
                  Canadian fig-                                                                                                                   ries next to                                   Montréal, Québec
                  ures), when                                                                                                                     prices on                                   Frank Sacks, M.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                              Harvard Medical School
                  people dine                                                                                                                     their menu                                Cambridge, Massachusetts
                  out, they typ-                                                                                                                  boards.                                 Jeremiah Stamler, M.D.
                  ically eat                                                                                                                      That’s what                       Northwestern University Medical School
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Chicago, Illinois
                  more.  For                                Putting calories on fast-food menu boards                                             six out of                               Norman Temple, Ph.D.
                  example,                                            would help consumers see the                                                every 10                                     Athabasca University
                  women who                                            true cost of what they order.                                              Canadians                                     Athabasca, Alberta
                  eat out more                                                                                                                    want,                             Regina G. Ziegler, Ph.D., M.P.H.
                  than five times a week consume nearly 300                                   according to a national poll.  The bill                                                        National Cancer Institute
                                                                                                                                                                                                Bethesda, Maryland
                  more calories per day than women who eat                                    would also require large table-service chain                                        Nutrition Action Healthletter (ISSN 0885-7792)
                  out less often.  And children consume an                                    restaurants to list calories, sodium, satu-                                         is published 10 times a year (monthly except bi-
                  average of 770 calories in a restaurant                                     rated fat, and trans fat.                                                           monthly in Jan./Feb. and Jul./Aug.).
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