Mandatory Bold Calorie Counts Promote Eating Disorders
Channel: Alex Zorach
Date: 2018-09-20

Recently passed laws have mandated bold display of calorie counts on restaurant menus, in display cases, and bold displays on product packaging. These counts may cause unintended harm, placing people at risk of disordered eating and especially harming people who are in the process of recovering from eating disorders.

Sources:

Calorie counting is disordered eating:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/will-calorie-counts-on-menu-items-do-more-harm-than-good/2018/04/17/d28adc20-3d92-11e8-a7d1-e4efec6389f0_story.html

https://www.elitedaily.com/life/calorie-counting-isnt-eating-disorder-disordered-eating/946709

Calorie counting harms people at risk of eating disorders:

https://www.bustle.com/p/mandatory-calorie-counts-on-menus-can-be-harmful-for-people-with-eating-disorders-in-recovery-according-to-experts-9037974

Why calorie counting is often even ineffective for losing weight:

https://www.zwivel.com/blog/why-you-should-stop-counting-calories/

https://www.health.com/nutrition/stop-counting-calories