Counting calories? The FDA is here to help

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Alex Cnossen Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Counting calories? The FDA is here to help</h1>
                <h2><p>The Food and Drug Administration may be trying to help with your 2017 new year's resolution. NBC reports that the agency is giving restaurants a little more than a year to add calorie counts to their menus, extending the deadline to December 2016. The FDA's definition</p></h2>
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            <p>The Food and Drug Administration may be trying to help with your 2017 new year's resolution. NBC <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-gives-restaurants-extra-year-label-menus-n389281?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">reports</a> that the agency is giving restaurants a little more than a year to add calorie counts to their menus, extending the deadline to December 2016. The FDA's definition of a restaurant is broad: It includes movie theaters, pizza joints and salad bars.  There's been a lot of controversy over the calorie listings, but the FDA hopes the menus will help people make wiser choices — eventually.</p>
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The Food and Drug Administration may be trying to help with your 2017 new year's resolution. NBC reports that the agency is giving restaurants a little more than a year to add calorie counts to their menus, extending the deadline to December 2016. The FDA's definition of a restaurant is broad: It includes movie theaters, pizza joints and salad bars. There's been a lot of controversy over the calorie listings, but the FDA hopes the menus will help people make wiser choices — eventually.

By Alex Cnossen

Alex Cnossen is a Northwest native and has worked for several local publications, including KOMO, KIRO and KING-TV. He grew up in Portland and loves to run and write. Follow him on Twitter @CnossenAle