Why Listing Calorie Counts on Menus Can Do More Harm Than Good - Eater

"The panic started at Margaritaville. I was there reporting for another story, and ready to order the coconut shrimp I’d been dreaming about since I got the assignment. But next to the price was another number — 1370, the amount of calories in the entree. I felt a guilty flutter in my stomach, one I have done my best to kindly ignore since I was a preteen, but which is there no matter what I do. That was nearly a day’s “worth” of calories, and I’d already had breakfast and a margarita. I ended up ordering the coconut shrimp, which was delicious." - Jaya Saxena