Obesity and Diabetes

Health Advocates Showcase Need for Menu Labeling Law

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, October 15th, 2007

In a Capitol room thick with the smell of fast food and breakfast entrees, proponents of Senate Bill 120 (Padilla-D Los Angeles), the proposed nutrition menu labeling law, dramatically illustrated why this legislation needs to be signed by the Governor.

"You choose," Assemblyman Mark DeSaulnier prompted the crowded room as he displayed a plate with two Big Macs, one with four hamburgers and a tall chocolate milkshake. "Which has the most calories'" Except for two insiders who admitted they had seen the study before, not one of the guests in the room chose the milkshake with its whopping 1,160 calories.

"That's the problem," DeSaulnier stated. "If we...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2007-10-15)

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