Is it resturants that make american's fat?

If restaurants had to give you nutrition data at the point of purchase would it influrence your decisions? Yes, I would choose lower calorie, healthier foods. In your prior bad eating habits life, would it have influenced your decision?

Yes.

Do you think that having nutrition data available on menus would make significant headway in the obesity epidemic?

Yes, I do.

I personally feel that it's primarily what you eat at home (if you do eat at home) that determines whether you're obese or not.  But restaurants certainly don't help, when they give you huge portions of high calorie food, and non-nutritional desserts, like cake, pie, etc.  I've heard that in Europe, they give you much smaller portions of food in their restaurants.  No wonder they're skinnier over there!

Denise Phares/Kitties4

They eat less and move more.  Cant argue that as a healty example! My husband will occasionally walk home (8 miles) because he misses walking here.  I cannot imagine walking 8 miles ANYWHERE for fun.

When he lived in the UK he had to walk a mile from where he parked to his office, and thought nothing of it.

Did you say 8 miles?   How long does it take him?   Good Lord, he's got courage and stamina.   He must be thin, huh?

I did say 8 miles. It took him just under 2 hours Courage and Stamina are not the words *I* chose to describe it...LOL and no.  He is far from thin.  He drinks his share of beer and mine,  He is 5'10" and has a 40 inch waist. But he is English, prides himself on being stubborn and misses walking.