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Nutrition menu labels may lead to lower-calorie children's restaurant meals

Source: JournalistsResource.org

The goal of the U.S. Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 was to enable the public make better-informed dietary choices through improved labeling on packaged foods.  A requirement of 2010 Affordable Health Care Act extends the concept to chain restaurants, requiring them to disclose similar information on the food they sell.