it does make me not eat as much crap as i would. i thought a low mat muffin a low fat muffin at starbucks would be like 10 calories, but it is 410. it is usually better to have the high fat option for the calories. calorie counts in restaurants are making people fatter according to this research. should they do what diner does and show the big glossy pictures of the food which i love. i love to see the big, giant hogie. i do too. america as a whole don t care about looking at calories. you care. i care, but in general they don t care. you have to look at who they were polling. there were people in line in mcdonalds and they had a choice. anywhere in manhattan to go to lunch. anywhere in brooklyn to go to lunch and they chose mcdonalds. these people s celebrated athlete is joey jaws