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Use Of Labels On Restaurant And Fast Food Menus
We the people should think about using labels on restaurant and fast food menus. I think we should use them because it will really improve our health issues. The labels will show people how many calories they are getting or need. There are three reasons why I think we need labels on food menus. They are people consume 18% of their calories at home. The other one is 30 years later, which is these present days they have risen to 33% of calories received away from home. The last reason is some coffee contain 100 fewer calories than it supposed to.

According to article one, Americans consume 18% of their calories away from home. In 1970 25.9% of money was spent on food away from home from people buying food while their out of town. By
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