In the battle to combat obesity, many recent policies have taken aim at restaurants. New York City banned trans fats from restaurants, and now is limiting sugary drink sales. Many local governments have pushed for restaurants to provide calorie estimates to customers, and that effort is going national soon (as part of Obamacare).
Why pick on restaurants? In part because that is where an increasing number of Americans obtain an increasing amount of their calories. See this chart from a recent blog post on The Atlantic website, which shows how much Americans spend on food at home versus away from home:
The restaurant industry has grown tremendously over the last century. So too does their responsibility, then, to help the public make wiser eating choices.
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