In the article "McDonald's Menu to Post Calorie Data," journalist Stephanie Storm explains during the summer of 2012, McDonald's started something new with their menu's to see if it would have an impact on America's eating habit. "We recognize customers want to know more about the nutrition content of the food and beverages they order," Jan Fields, president of McDonald's USA, said in a statement. Under the health care bill, it is said that restaurants with more than twenty locations will have to post calorie counts on their menus. Before the federal requirements took place, McDonald's decided to act and post a "Favorites Under 400" for customers, to see if there would be any big effect to America's eating habits. Starbucks began this post in calories in April 2008, and studied a 6% reduction in the number of calories purchased by consumers. Although posting calories did not seem to make a marked difference in customer behavior, consumers liked having the information. Sara Deon, who works on campaigns to reduce junk food, stated "the healthier options over all are little more than a vehicle for selling more of McDonald's bread and butter - burgers, french fries and soda."
             People are always on TV shows like 'Doctor Oz' complaining about how they hate how they look and want to eat healthier. They go onto the show so that Doctor Oz can construct a plan to improve their health, or lose weight. Half the women that go onto that show never really follow through with the plan provided for them, probably because they're running late to work and need to buy some ready-made food on their way that throws them off and discourages them to continue. Also most people do not really know how to cook for themselves and turn to fast-food restaurants for food, making hard for most people to improve their health and weight. Not knowing what ingredients is being put into the food someone else makes, is a big reason why people keep going back into t...