Pam Singer Says Mandatory Calorie Counts May Be Hazardous to Your Health

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) claims it
is helping America stay healthy with the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act’s mandate to display calories on restaurant
menus and vending machines. Recent studies have shown that this
mandate actually has little or no impact on the ordering behaviors
of the general population. What has yet to be addressed, however,
is the deleterious effect of this mandate on the estimated twenty
million women and ten million men who struggle with eating
disorders during their lifetimes. For those working toward
recovery, writes clinical psychologist Pam Singer, this policy
impedes a foundational part of their efforts.

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