Calorie Counts on Restaurant Menus - Does it change what you order?

[eliza61]

If you see how many calories are in an item will you change your order?

I wouldn't change.

Probably not. If I'm going to a fast food restaurant I'm pretty much not trying to eat healthy at that particular time. Let's face it Mcdonalds fries are fattening, is there anyone who really doesn't know that?

So if I'm craving the fries I'm pretty much letting go of the calorie count.

What's the point of going to Cheesecake Factory and then whining that you didn't know the cheesecake was fattening?

 

[clgwli]

I have a tendency to look at menus online before I go out to dinner to see if they have nutritional information. It most certainly does have an effect on what I will order. We don't go out often so I haven't seen this on a regular menu yet though.

 

[Bluestars]

Yes, it would make me change my order if I found out something had more calories than I thought it did.

 

[Jason@dvcstore]

It does not change what I order.

Jason

 

[KirstenB]

Yes, it does change my order. WE don't go out for food very often, but I've checked several fast food websites, so I know what to order if I want to avoid high amounts of fat/calories.

 

[redlight]

If there were two or three things that I wanted and one had much fewer cals, I'd pick that one.

 

[Ohiodislover]

Two of my favorite things to order is the Pizza skins at Unos, and almost everything at Red Robin, however once I read that Red Robin is one of the most unhealthy places to eat, and that my pizza skins are the most unhealthy appetizer in the country, I haven't been to either place.

I would rather be blissfully ignorant...knowing how unhealthy something is keeps me from enjoying it.

 

[MomNeedsVacay]

it would change if I thought I was ordering something like a salad for the purpose of being healthy, but to find out that it had more fat and calories than a burger...I would change my order.