The Center for Science in the Public Interest is pointing the finger at chain restaurants for the proliferation of X-treme Eating: "[The Cheesecake Factory's] Chris' Outrageous Chocolate Cake combines brownie, pie, and cheesecake into 1,380-calorie pudding. The CPSI says this is "the equivalent of eating two [McDonald's] Quarter Pounders plus a large fries - for dessert". "Since those chains make almost zero nutrition information available on menus, their customers don't have a clue that they might be getting a whole day's worth of calories in a single dish, or several days' worth in the whole meal," the centre says." One item mentioned in their press release is Uno Chicago Grill's Pizza Skins, but come on, if the menu says "We...
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A suggestion to Frank Bruni, the New York Times food critic, from MARK KLEIN, M.D.: "Be very useful to know the approximate calorie count for each meal including the liquor. If I had my druthers I’d require restuarants to list calories of every item on the menu. " Save us from the coming nanny state, Mr Bruni! You're our only hope!...
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