hope to see you around in london again soon!

–mei

The numbers do not lie, Jo.

Although I am indirectly poking fun here at New York’s calorie-labeling policy, early studies show that this practice is driving eaters to choose lighter items. According to Ezra Klein of the Washington Post, New York researchers “shared unpublished numbers with the County of Los Angeles Public Health Department, which was preparing an analysis in case Los Angeles wanted to follow New York’s lead. Based on those numbers, Los Angeles researchers settled on a conservative estimate: 10 percent of chain restaurant patrons would order meals that were merely 100 calories lighter.”

“Surprisingly,” Klein concluded, “that mild change in behavior has a huge and immediate effect: It would avert 38.9 percent of the county’s expected weight gain in the next year. If 20 percent of patrons order meals with 150 fewer calories, it would avert 116 percent of the expected weight gain, which is to say that the County of Los Angeles would actually lose weight.” (see full article here)

Seems to be three straight lines.

Bottom – coke and chips, kids portions (0.5 to 1 cent per calorie) (5 to 10 dollars a day)

Middle – meat only, meat & fries (0.9 to 1.8 cents per calorie)(20-30 dollars a day)

Top – steak sandwich. (3.0 to 3.8 cents per calorie if you count iced tea) (60 dollars a day)

Sums up the whole problem I think – would be interesting to do that for here for home food, work food, entertainment food, etc.

Jo Jordan.

Thanks, Roberto. Unfortunately, Lobel’s does not sell its steak sandwiches anywhere outside of Yankee Stadium. Your only option is to buy their steaks and grill them at home (). At least that way you get to choose your own bread.