Fast Food Law Research Paper

Do you think there should be a law on whether restaurants and fast food places have to post nutritional information, including calories, fat content, and sodium, on their menus? I do not think there should be a law for many reasons. One reason there should not be a law is because if the person was worried about what they were eating they would not go to a fast food place, they would go to a healthier restaurant instead of eating grilled chicken. The second reason there should not be a law is because most people do not pay attention to the calories, fat content, or sodium. These are some reasons there should not be a law to put fat content, sodium, or calories on a menu.

Should there be a law on whether restaurants and fast food places have to post nutritional information, including calories, fat content, and sodium if their customers do not pay attention to any of that? There should not be a law if the person does not even watch their calories or fat content because they do not care about it. In the passage "We Don't Need Labels" it states, " Foods for home consumption have been labeled for decades; but according to consumer research, that information has had a minimal effect on sales," …show more content…
Most fast food places do not have healthy food, so if they was worried about their health they would know better then to go. People normally go to fast food places to eat tasty food not for healthy food. The passage "We Don't Need Labels" states, "Let's face it—the tastiest foods are the ones loaded with calories." If people was worried about their calories, fat content, or sodium they would never eat at fast food places or unhealthy restaurants. That is my last reason there should not be a law to make restaurant owners put labels on there